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ESPN's Decision to Part with Hank Williams

Posted on Oct. 12, 2011

A furor erupted last week after country-music legend Hank Williams Jr. compared President Barack Obama to Adolf Hitler. By the end of the week, ESPN had severed ties with the longtime curtain-raiser for “Monday Night Football,” a decision that resulted in no small amount of controversy — as well as a new Hank Jr. song. Read the complete article here.

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