Laura Rutledge elevated to ESPN’s lead ‘Monday Night Football’ broadcast team

ESPN’s “Monday Night Football” will have a new look on its sidelines this season — longtime NFL host and reporter Laura Rutledge will join Lisa Salters as a permanent sideline reporter for all 20 Monday Night Football games that the top team of Joe Buck, Troy Aikman and Salters will call this season. The move sets up the on-air talent roster for what will be ESPN’s most important live broadcast ever: Super Bowl LXI on February 14, 2027, the company’s first-ever Super Bowl broadcast. Rutledge said on Tuesday that her “NFL Live” duties will remain the...