Olbermann Readies Himself For The Rubber Room

Legitimate question: Is MSNBC Serious Journalist Anchor Keith Olbermann crazy? We're not really kidding. Last week, ESPN announced that Olbermann, after eight years away from the network, will return to the Worldwide Bleeder to host a show on ESPN Radio. We suppose, in a certain way, this makes sense: Olbermann is so professionally bipolar that it was only a matter of time until he set himself on fire enough to return to ESPN.

Witness his comments, at a commencement address at Cornell University (apparently they're letting anyone speak at Ivy League schools these days):

It gave him "dry heaves," and it would "make me ashamed, make me depressed, make me cry."

To reiterate Olbermann's career path:

1990-1992: ESPN2 anchor. You might remember Olbermann's skinny ties and mustache/mullet combo. 1992-1997: ESPN SportsCenter anchor with Dan Patrick. 1997: NBC Sports anchor. You might remember Olbermann from ... well, we don't remember Olbermann there at all. He had a brief MSNBC show most famous for talking about nothing but Monica Lewinsky for two years. 1999-2001: Host of sports program on Fox Sports. Most famous for billboard of his enormous head on every stadium's available advertising space. 2002-2005: Host of MSNBC's "Countdown With Keith Olbermann." In a grand career move, Olbermann starts a blog.

He will continue the MSNBC show while appearing with his old pal Patrick on ESPN Radio. This absolutely cannot end well. We imagine Olbermann sitting at home late at night, alone, staring into a mirror, wondering if it's possible, anywhere, that a broadcasting profession could ever be worthy of him.

Olbermann Rejoins ESPN [USA Today] I Never Left ESPN, I Just Had A Lot Of Vacation Time [Bloggermann]