Good news for NY 'Skins fans

[MTK]

Maybe our bitching paid off?

http://www.profootballtalk.com/rumormill.htm

Though the prospect of a blackout of the Saints-Giants game in New York might have been a good thing for Big Apple Cowboys and Redskins who won't see the first half or so of the 9:00 p.m. matchup between Dallas and Washington on ABC, we've also been told by the NFL that, in New York and New Orleans, the first half of the Cowboys-Redskins game will be shown on ESPN.

When the doubleheader initially was announced, it was said that the Giants-Saints game will begin on ABC at 7:30 and then switch over to ESPN at 9:00, except in New Orleans and New York, where the game would remain on ABC. This prompted several e-mails to us from Redskins and Cowboys fans in New York, who thought they'd miss out on seeing the first half of the "real" Monday night game.

So for folks in the following markets who want to see the the first half of the Redskins-Cowboys game, dial up ESPN at 9:00 and you'll catch all of the action: New York City; Bangor, Maine; Albany, New York, Binghamton, NY; Elmira, NY; Hartford-New Haven, CT; Portland, ME; Rochester, NY; Syracuse, NY; Utica, NY; Watertown, NY; Alexandria, MS; Baton Rouge, LA; Biloxi, MS; Columbus-Tupelo, MS; Greenwood, MS; Jackson, MS; Lafayette, LA; Meridian, MS; Monroe, LA; New Orleans, LA; Pensacola, FL; and Shreveport, LA. After the Giants-Saints game ends, the Redskins-Cowboys game will migrate back to ABC.