Espn2’S Demise Helps Give ‘Sportscenter’ A Different Look

With the demise of ESPN2’s “SportsNight,” some of its participants are turning up on ESPN’s “SportsCenter,” and they might look a little unfamiliar to you.

Bill Pidto, who has been doing the “SportSmash” on the Deuce and been the host of the hockey show, has done a couple of “SportsCenter” turns, mostly on the overnight shift, while Suzy Kolber, who anchored “SportsNight,” has done a couple of the early evening “SportsCenter” shows.

The best of the ESPN2 guys is the way-too-hip-for-this-planet Kenny Mayne, who has been nothing short of perfect on the overnight show.

His home run calls, seemingly lifted right from the script of the cult-cable classic “Mystery Science Theater 3000,” are usually side-splitting, and his off-the-cuff retort that Oakland’s Danny Tartabull had bad ribs but “good slaw,” was a riot.

If network officials were smart, they’d rethink their plan to put Mayne on their planned racing show, which starts next month, and team him with Craig Kilborn on the late show, where their act meshes perfectly.