Eisen will return to the ESPN anchor desk on Monday night for his first "SportsCenter" appearance since 2003, marking a full-circle moment for a host regarded as one of the original voices of the network’s late-90s boom.

This article was originally published on thebiglead.com as Rich Eisen's shocking ESPN ratings test the limits of 'SportsCenter' nostalgia. Rich Eisen returned to anchor SportsCenter on Monday, with more fanfare (and a bit less hair) than his last turn hosting ESPN's signature highlights show 22 years ago.

Rich Eisen is back on ESPN, and I couldn’t be more excited! When I found out that the legendary SportsCenter personality who had spent the past 22 years away from the desk was coming back to host his first episode since May 2003,