FNC’s Chief White House Correspondent Ed Henry got the first question at today’s joint news conference between Pres. Obama and Lee Myung-Bak, President of South Korea. Henry asked the president about the alleged Iranian terror plot, and used a quote from GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney who had criticized Obama’s leadership.

Obama responded with, “I didn’t know you were the spokesman for Mitt Romney.”

In an interview later with Megyn Kelly, Henry explains, “I was trying to put it in the broader context of not just Mitt Romney, but there are a lot of Republicans out there who would charge that this president leads from behind.”

“He decided not to engage with Mitt Romeny,” said Henry. “Instead, he decided to go after me a little bit.”

The United Nations General Assembly is meeting in New York City this week, and this morning it was President Obama’s turn to address the gathering of world leaders. The three general cable news networks broke into regular programming to cover the speech, as did CNBC and Fox Business Network.

Two major focal points of Obama’s address are granting Palestinians their own state, and the general theme of improving peaceful relations across the globe.

Yesterday, we told you that the NBC primetime newsmagazine slated to debut this fall would be called “Rock Center with Brian Williams.” Today, the show also gets a special correspondent: former “Today” anchor Meredith Vieira.

Vieira’s new role, effective immediately, will be supplemental to her reporting across other NBC platforms, including on “Today” and “Nightly News,” according to NBC News president Steve Capus.

“Meredith’s immeasurable talents reach beyond the newsroom to connect with the extraordinary people she interviews as well as the viewers at home,” Capus said, in announcing Vieira’s new role. “She is as genuine as you can get, a world-class journalist and a captivating storyteller. These skills will be hugely beneficial to ‘Rock Center with Brian Williams’ and across NBC News.”

Read the full release from NBC after the jump. Read more

ESPN commentator Jon Gruden has a quirky habit — some might call it an annoying tick — of referring to players as “this guy.” Instead of calling a player by their last name, which is a widely accepted practice that goes unnoticed by viewers, Gruden will often introduce some fluff-piece factoid about a player by saying, “This guy is the toughest player I’ve ever seen” or “I think this guy is the best player I’ve seen this year.”

How often does Gruden do this? A lot. The fine folks at Sportgrid kept track during last night’s Jets-Texans preseason game, and they counted 11 instances where Gruden said “This guy.” They kindly put the instances together in a montage video.

* Gruden had a total of 11 “This Guy”s, up from 5 last week. Our tally was a bit different than this one, which had Gruden clocked in at 14 total.

* Broken down by quarter, Gruden had none in the 1st, 7 in the 2nd, 4 in the 3rd, and none in the 4th.

* Most of Gruden’s “This Guy”s occurred during a five-minute span in the 2nd quarter, leading us to believe that ESPN’s producers saw his dangerously low output from the 1st quarter and relayed a dramatic “WE NEED MORE ‘THIS GUY’S” plea into the MNF booth.

* We did not count borderline occurrences or slightly altered versions of “This Guy,” such as “These Guys” or “That Guy,” because we’re trying to do serious work here, and if we start counting such occurrences we’ll be headed down a “slippery slope.”

* All of the “This Guy”s were lead-ins to an overwhelmingly positive point about the player in question.

It could be worse. He could refer to players as “that hump,” which I’d be inclined to do.

Former NBC Chicago sportscaster Daryl Hawks likely died of a heart rhythm problem caused by high blood pressure, according to a Fulton County medical examiner.

Hawks, 38, was found dead in an Atlanta hotel room while on assignment during the NBA Playoffs in May.

Earlier this month, Mike Adamle was promoted to a full-time sportscaster, filling the vacancy left by the untimely death of Hawks.

Barstool Sports editor David Portnoy was a regular guest on The Dennis and Callahan Show on WEEI — until yesterday, when Portnoy posted pictures of Tom Brady’s naked two-year-old son beneath the wisecracking headline, “Check out the howitzer on Brady’s kid.” Brady’s son was frolicking on the beach along with Brady’s wife, supermodel Gisele Bundchen.Portnoy didn’t take the pictures, but his decision to post them and make cracks about a two-year-old’s endowment was enough to earn the ire of WEEI producer Jason Wolfe, who wrote on Twitter, “For those who have been tweeting at me…No we will not have Portnoy on again. What he did was completely irresponsible. It’s not about whether he was allowed to do it or not. It’s about common decency. And he showed none.”

Portnoy in a video defended himself against the onslaught of negative press, mainly saying that it’s not pornographic since the kid is so young. If you want to see the video, go to Barstool Sports. We’re not linking to it or the pictures. I disagree that his actions weren’t over the line. As soon as you start making reference to a child’s sex organs (with photos), you’ve gone to creepytown. The post attempts to make light of how Peyton Manning’s kids would be so lucky to be so well-endowed, but the humor is grossly outweighed by the inappropriateness of the source material.

Dan Patrick poking fun at Rick Reilly is nothing new.

But the syndicated sports talk show host brought up a good point Thursday – why doesn’t ESPN the Magazine make Reilly and Bill Simmons write for them?

Granted, getting Simmons to contribute would be like pulling teeth at this point, but Reilly is much better in print than on my TV.

Let’s also not forget that Patrick loves nothing more than sticking it to his former employer whenever he gets an opportunity.

[H/T SportsGrid]

The New York Jets have reached an agreement with ESPN LA to broadcast all 16 regular-season games live on 710 ESPN.

“It’s an honor to be able to bring Mark Sanchez back to LA and back to his huge local fan base,” said Scott McCarthy, vice president/general manager ESPN LA. “There is tremendous passion for the NFL here in LA, and this partnership with an elite franchise will further energize the Southland’s sizable population of football fans, who continue to express excitement about the potential return of an NFL team to the region.”

Bob Wischusen and Marty Lyons return for their 10th season together as the voices of the Jets.

“We are excited to bring the broadcasts from our ESPN New York 1050 flagship station to the greater Los Angeles area,” said Jets executive vice president of business operations, Matt Higgins. “The team has a strong national following, and we look forward to enhancing the experience for Jets fans in Southern California and across the country.”

Longtime Eagles kicker David Akers, who joined the 49ers this season following a dozen seasons in Philadelphia, thanked Philly fans with a billboard message posted along Interstate 95 near the team’s home stadium of Lincoln Financial Field. The message reads, “Thanks Philly for blessing me for 12 years and your support on and off the field — May God Bless You All, David Akers.”

Akers, a five-time Pro Bowler who is the 17th most accurate kicker in NFL history, will face the Eagles on Oct. 2 when the 49ers come to Philadelphia.

Tony Bruno has been suspended for one week by DirecTV following a inflammatory tweet Friday night about San Francisco Giants reliever Ramon Ramirez, according to Rich Lieberman.

Bruno’s show, along with The Dan Patrick Show, is owned by DirecTV.

Ben Maller tweeted Monday night that he would be filling in for Bruno.