Perhaps they can bond over fried chicken. Seriously, who doesn’t like fried chicken?

ESPN security and Indianapolis police had already been warned: keep an eye out for a certain man in his late 20s — we’ll call him Dave — who might try to approach the set of SportsNation. Filming live at Indianapolis’s Pan Am Plaza during the week leading up to last year’s Super Bowl, the show was far away from the confines of ESPN’s Bristol campus.

The Olympics women’s 100-meter hurdles final was last night, and Lolo Jones didn’t medal, finishing fourth. Two much less-hyped American, however, did medal… and they didn’t seem too happy that they’ve been so relatively overlooked. Hear what they had to say after the jump.

We get it, 1996 Olympic decathlon gold medalist Dan O’Brien. Seeing former ESPNer Michelle Beadle in her new digs is odd. But is it this shocking? [Cosby Sweaters]

Well, after much speculation about her future, reports that she was headed to NBC, eventual confirmation of those reports, and some not-so-subtle on-air references to ill-fated romances, Michelle Beadle officially closed out her run at ESPN today, filming her final SportsNation. See the end of it in the clip above.

Michelle Beadle is leaving ESPN for NBC soon, as you probably know. And one potential side effect of knowing you’re on the way out at your current employer is feeling emboldened to say and do things you might not otherwise. Want proof? See the clip after the jump.

Yesterday, reports emerged that SportsNation co-host Michelle Beadle would be leaving ESPN to sign a deal with NBC Universal. Now, more details of the reported deal are trickling out.

Michelle Beadle, the popular co-host of ESPN2′s SportsNation (and who many in Bristol believed was the company’s most important personality) is leaving the network, and has signed a deal with NBC Universal, according to reports.

Michelle Beadle has no idea what she wants to do.

Despite her aspirations outside of sports (which are real), and despite the growing sentiment that she’s on the way out at ESPN, she sounds like most other people whose contract with an employer expires in less than two months: really unsure of what’s about to happen.

On Monday, Michelle Beadle can officially talk to other media outlets about leaving ESPN. Her contract with the network expires on May 31st, but from April 15th until that expiration date she has an open window in which to entertain other offers. And there will certainly be other offers.