Ball point pen on todays newsprint Growing up, Monday Night Football was an institution. Howard Cosell, Don Meredith and Frank Gifford were must watch TV, now I don't even know where to find it on the dial. Before retiring to the broadcast booth, Meredith was a three time pro bowl quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys and was named NFL's most valuable player in 1966. He passed away on December 5th after suffering a brain hemorrhage. He was 72. Turn out the lights, the party's over ...