ESPN REINSTATES ERIC WYNALDA’S ASS-CLUBBING ACT: SPORTS BUSINESS DAILY reports today that “an ESPN spokesperson confirmed that Wynalda will be back in the booth Thursday for ESPN2’s first primetime game of the season, FC Dallas-Galaxy.”

Even though Jim Rome’s champion, Mark Shapiro, has long-departed the ESPN/ABC/Diz family, Van Smack could’ve squashed Wynalda’s career if he’d wanted to (remember the remarks being reported on S-Center?).

And after hearing and reading Wynalda’s subsequent, flaccid acts of contrition, I think he should’ve.