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ESPN is Gonna Need Ed Werder to go Ahead and Come in on Sunday Too
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ESPN is Gonna Need Ed Werder to go Ahead and Come in on Sunday Too

It appears ESPN anchor Ed Werder has been asked to come in on a Saturday.  And, if you would believe it, he's gonna have to come in on Sunday too. Yeeeaaah. Mr. Werder has been working for Initech, excuse me, ESPN for 17 years now and it seems he's at the end of his rope. "They've moved my desk four times now," an annoyed Mr. Werder told us repeatedly.  "And now they want to move me to a basement in New Orleans?  I'm--I'm quitting.  I'm going to quit because they've moved my desk four times already and that's not okay.  I used to be over by the window, you know." Apparently, the many bosses of the sports network have been looking for ways to downsize.  At first, they tried notifying employees via fax but it seems the ****damn fax machine is broken. According to one employee,...