Did you anyone catch the local Boston marathon coverage? I forget which channel I taped, but it was the one with Bill Rodgers, Marty Liquori and Joan Benoit doing analysis. Whenever they went to commercial they kept a small picture of the race on the lower left portion of the screen. I thought this was pretty cool because as Marty commented even in a marathon breaks can happen during commercial. I think this would be great for ESPN since we all love how they cut away from distance races.
Also I think Marty Liquori (sp) is an excellent commentator and it would be good to see him on tv more often.