Melissa Stark joined ABC Sports in June 2000.

Melissa Stark, the new sideline reporter for "Monday Night Football," seems to work two angles at once.

Melissa Stark and Lynn Swann roamed the sidelines.

The sideline reporter Melissa Stark is better at in-game reports than at postgame interviewing.

Melissa Stark is the daughter of evangelist Jethro.

She wants it both ways and ABC Sports is giving it to her, at the highest level, signing her to replace Melissa Stark.

Down on the sideline, Melissa Stark wasn't creating a new paradigm for her role.