A SIDEWAYS GLANCE : SIX DEGREES TO LINDA COHN.

They decided to call it ``Lindapalooza.'' She called it just another day at the office.

Thursday, Linda Cohn made sports-broadcasting history. What kind of history, we're not sure. But let the record reflect that she became the first person to work at six ESPN entities in one day. Why? Why not.

``My colleagues told me, `Don't expect any overtime for this,''' Cohn said Friday morning after attending a Halloween costume parade at the preschool fr her 2-1/2-year-old son Daniel. (Oh, and Cohn had to work again Halloween night).

Here's how her 9:30 a.m.-to-midnight shift went:

1. She appeared on ``The Fabulous Sports Babe'' radio show and did a commentary for ESPN Radio about the two new NBA women officials. The commentary aired throughout the day.

2. She was the 10 a.m. ESPNEWS anchor.

3. She did a live chat session on ESPN SportsZone.

4. She co-anchored the 3:30 p.m. ESPN ``SportsCenter.'' (Afterward, she did a live interview with a studio audience that was at the ESPN Club in Orlando, Fla.)

5. She did voice-over promos for ESPN International. In English.

6. She finished hosting ESPN2's ``NHL2Night'' at 7:30 p.m.

ESPN officials estimate as many as 150 million homes around the world saw her work Thursday, about 300 radio affiliates heard her sound bites, and another kajillion saw her prose on the Internet.

Linda Cohn, mother, wife, sportscaster. You can't stop her, you can only try to Cohn-tain her.

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