The "Too Strange To Not Be True" File

"NEW YORK (AP) - Al Michaels was traded from ABC to NBC for a cartoon bunny..."

A partial headline from Fox Sports and the AP. You can read the whole article here.

Al Michaels, beloved play-by-play announcer for Monday Night Football, and one of the more recognizable voices in sports was traded from the Disney/ESPN/ABC family for, among other things, the rights to Oswald the Lucky Rabbit.

The other things must have been quite important, you say? They are The TV rights for the next four Ryder cups (a golf tournament) and increased rights for ESPN to show Olympic highlights.

At the very least, it gives me something amusing to say. What with the U.S. backing away from calling the situation in Darfur genocide and the worldwide outpouring of rage over the illustrations of Muhammed, the world can be a violent and unhappy place.

So hooray for Oswald!