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Posted: 5:59 p.m. Monday, Oct. 3, 2011

ESPN pulls Hank Williams open from tonight's telecast 

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By Zach Klein

ESPN has pulled the MNF open with the country music singer Hank Williams for these comments on 'Fox & Friends"

In a statment released tonight, ESPN said "While Hank Williams, Jr. is not an ESPN employee, we recognize that he is closely linked to our company through the open to Monday Night Football.  We are extremely disappointed with his comments, and as a result we have decided to pull the open from tonight’s telecast.”

Watch and leave your comments below.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eF6vCv13bw

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