Thursday, December 5, 2013

ESPN Cancels Ron Burgundy Shot For Thursday

Will Ferrell's Ron Burgundy won't be appearing on ESPN's SportsCenter on Thursday, according to THR.

"Ron Burgundy's scheduled Thurs. appearance on @SportsCenter has been cancelled in light of the potential implications of any news from the State Attorney's press conference in Fla.," said ESPN's director of communications David Scott in a statement on Twitter. "

As of this time, there is no reschedule date for Ron Burgundy."

As ESPN and other outlets had reported, the Florida State Attorney's office will hold a news conference Thursday at 2 p.m. ET on the sexual assault allegations leveled at college quarterback Jameis Winston.

The actor's SportsCenter appearance was scheduled for 6 p.m. ET along with David Koechner as Champ Kind from Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues in a segment presented by Dodge Durango. (Ferrell's character also had been seen in multiple web promos for the automaker.)

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Meanwhile, Ron Burgundy, comedian Will Ferrell’s news anchor alter ego, took over Emerson College Wednesday, dishing on the state of journalism and entertaining students with his own unique grading system.

For one day only, Emerson’s communications school became the Ron Burgundy School of Communication in anticipation of the upcoming release of “Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues.”

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