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Olbermann Back In NBC Sports World

"Countdown" anchor Keith Olbermann will be back in the sports world soon, adding the job of co-host of NBC's "Football Night in America" this fall. He joins co-host Bob Costas, along with analysts Tiki Barber, Jerome Bettis and Cris Collinsworth. The shown runs before the net's Sunday Night NFL telecasts. But he isn't leaving MSNBC anytime soon, recently signing a multiyear pact to continue running "Countdown."

NCB Sports chief Dick Ebersol says Olbermann was in the midst of negotiations when NBC Universal head Jeff Zucker asked if he would like Olbermann to become a part of NBC Sports again. "I said, 'Yeah,' at the drop of the hat," Ebersol says Olbermann first became a star in the early 1990s, co-hosting ESPN's "SportsCenter." He says he doesn't think his often blistering opinions on "Countdown" will affect or have much relevance on "Football Night."

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