Mike Ditka Will Be on 'Monday Night Countdown' Following Stroke

ESPN analyst suffered 'minor stroke' on Friday

By Tim Baysinger -- Broadcasting & Cable, 11/19/2012 12:19:15 PM

ESPN football analyst and former NFL coach Mike Ditka will be on Monday's Monday Night Countdown, three days after suffering a minor stroke.

Ditka suffered the stroke last Friday night while at a Chicago country club, according to the Chicago Tribune.

Bill Hofheimer, ESPN's senior director of communications, posted the following on his Twitter account Monday morning: "Mike Ditka will be on @ESPNNFL Countdown tonite (sic) from Chicago. Like a stroke was going to keep him away from #CHIvsSF. No chance."

"I was kind of like driving down the highway of life real fast and I had a flat tire," Ditka said during his regular Monday appearance on ESPN Radio's Mike & Mike in the Morning. "I feel pretty good right now, I really do. I think everything will be OK."