ESPN has fired Michael Irvin three days ahead of schedule. Pete Dits, the general manager of ESPN-FM (103.3), planned to fire Irvin on Monday, but news that Irvin was being sued for an alleged rape sped up the process. "He would not have been able to do his show today anyway," Dits said. "It would have been a media circus." Irvin's final show, as it has all week, was to have originated from the Super Bowl media center's crowded "radio row." Dits said disappointing ratings coupled with Irvin's relatively high salary were the reasons for dropping Irvin's 2-year-old show.