Less than three weeks after ESPN parted ways with the popular and verbose Bill Simmons, the Worldwide Leader has named a temporary replacement for the multimedia brand he founded. Chris Connelly, the former MTV regular who has been with the Disney-owned sports giant since 2001, has been named interim Editor-in-Chief of Grantland. Connelly has contributed to ESPN’s E:60 and Outside The Lines as well as ABC and Grantland, the sports and pop culture website that launched in…