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ESPN Announces Massive On-Air Talent Layoff

By HHL Editors
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It was a bloodbath today in Bristol as ESPN let go 100 on-air personalities.

The World Wide Leader didn't provide a list of who's gone, preferring to allow the laid off employees to announce their firings at their own pace.

As it stands, here's who we know got the ax.

Hockey Writer Joe McDonald NHL Columnist Scott Burnside NFL Reporter Ed Werder Titans Reporter Paul Kuharsky

Pac 12 Reporter Ted Miller NFL Analyst Trent Dilfer Big Ten Reporter Brian Bennett MLB Writer Jayson Stark

New Orleans Pelicans Reporter Justin Verrier Radio Host Robin Lundberg NFL Analyst Ashley Fox College Basketball Analyst Len Elmore

Houston Rockets Reporter Calvin Watkins ESPN Chicago Columnist Melissa Isaacson SportsCenter Anchor Jay Crawford NBA Reporter Ethan Sherwood Strauss

SEC Football Reporter David Ching ESPNW Reporter Jane McManus Big 12 Reporter Max Olson Dodgers Reporter Doug Padilla

Columnist Johnette Howard Radio Host Danny Kanell College Basketball Reporter C.L. Brown SEC Recruiting Analyst Derek Tyson

ESPN Dallas Columnist Jean-Jacques Taylor College Basketball Writer Eamonn Brennan College Football Recruiting Reporter Jeremy Crabtree College Football Reporter Brett McMurphy

Baseball Reporter Mark Saxon MLB Analyst Jim Bowden Big Ten Football Reporter Austin Ward Wisconsin and Big Ten Football Reporter Jesse Temple

Soccer Writer Mike Goodman ESPNU Anchor Brendan Fitzgerald College Basketball Reporter Dana O’Neil NHL Columnist Pierre LeBrun

SportsCenter Anchor Chris Hassel Predictive Analytics Expert Rufus Peabody College Sports Reporter Chantel Jennings SportsCenter Anchor Jaymee Sire

Legal Analyst Roger Cossack Golf Commentator Dottie Pepper SEC Reporter Greg Ostendorf Correspondent Reese Waters

Premier Boxing Champions Host Marysol Castro Sports Gambling Writer Dave Tuley Enterprise Reporter Tom Farrey Auto Racing and College Football Commentator Jerry Punch

SportsCenter Anchor Jade McCarthy NFL Contributor Jarrett Bell SportsCenter Anchor Darren Haynes Soccer Writer David Hirshey

ESPNU Producer Josh Parcell MLB Analyst Doug Glanville

We will update this list when more names come out. Additionally, mainstays Karl Ravitch, Ryen Russillo and Hannah Storm will have their duties significantly reduced.

Is there anybody you're going to miss?

 

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