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ESPN Shuffles SportsCenter Anchors

ESPN this afternoon unveiled its new SportsCenter anchor line-up.

For the most part not much has changed.  The big change is that Jay Crawford will move from First Take on ESPN2 to the SportsCenter desk from 12:00p.m. to 3:00p.m.  John Buccigross, the current 12-3pm anchor, will be moved to the rotation of anchors for the 11:00p.m. ET show.

“We’re always looking to improve our shows in both content and delivery, and this is yet another example of SportsCenter’s constant evolution to accomplish those goals,” said Mark Gross , Senior Vice President & Executive Producer, Production in a press release. “John’s personality in describing highlights will add to our late-night depth, while Jay provides a familiar face in a new role for mid-day viewers of our networks.”

The new changes take place on July 9th.

Here is the new SportsCenter anchor line-up:

General ESPN SportsCenter Anchor Lineup Effective July 9

  • ·         9 a.m.:            Kevin Neghandi & Hannah Storm
  • ·         Noon:             Chris McKendry & Jay Crawford
  • ·         6 p.m.:            Jay Harris & John Anderson
  • ·         11 p.m.:          Scott Van Pelt, John Buccigross, Steve Levy, Stuart Scott, Linda Cohn, Robert Flores (two nightly)
  • ·         2 a.m.:            Neil Everett & Stan Verrett

Sports Media Weekly Podcast #10- Tom Hoffarth, LA Daily News

Sports Media WeeklyHere we are with our tenth edition of the Sports Media Weekly Podcast…where Ken Fang of Fang’s Bites and I talk opine on news within the sports media world.

We are pleased to be joined today by Tom Hoffarth, Sports Media Columnist at the Los Angeles Daily News.  Along with his columns Tom also writes a sports media blog which he updates regularly.

In this week’s show we talk with Tom about ESPN’s contract extension with John Gruden, the success of the ESPN’s Los Angeles SportsCenter venture, does ESPN and the other networks wield too much power over sports coverage,  Tom’s experience in trying his hand at various jobs in sports media, the dwindling number of credentials for U.S. newspapers at the upcoming Vancouver Olympics, and the likelihood of the NFL returning to Los Angeles…

SMJ Video- Hannah Storm, ESPN SportsCenter Anchor

At the end of the ESPN Media Workshop this week I had the chance to interview Hannah Storm, anchor of the daily 9am to 12pm edition of SportsCenter.

In the interview Storm discusses her first year, her relationship with Josh Elliot, and the integration of social media in sports coverage…