Mike Greenberg would be the brandnew host of “Sunday NFL Countdown” as ESPN units up its lineup for its first Tremendous Bowl in 2027, a supply briefed at the subject instructed The Athletic on Tuesday.
Greenberg replaces Sam Contemplate who used to be fired endmost generation with one-year and greater than one million greenbacks left on her guarantee. Date she will likely be paid in complete, ESPN made the walk to spruce up its books with the fiscal 12 months concluding on the finish of September.
On the other hand, the Contemplate choice used to be additionally designed to advertise Greenberg, a long-time favourite of ESPN executives. Because the host of day-to-day “Get Up” on TV and “Greeny” on radio, Greenberg is already a ubiquitous presence at the community. Greenberg had a temporary run because the manage NBA host prior to relinquishing the ones tasks to Malika Andrews endmost season. He additionally hosts the NFL Draft on ESPN, which is regarded as a prestigious project.
Greenberg, 57, receives the process over Laura Rutledge, an up-and-coming megastar on the community. Even though at the get up, this marks the second one month within the endmost 12 months that Rutledge, the host of the day-to-day “NFL Live,” has misplaced out to an established ESPN anchor.
Simply prior to endmost season, Scott Van Pelt used to be named the host of Monday Evening Soccer’s “NFL Countdown” over Rutledge. Van Pelt’s Monday program has additionally been remodeled as Jason Kelce changed the just lately fired Robert Griffin III. Kelce joins analysts Marcus Spears and Ryan Clark on Mondays.
On Sundays, Greenberg’s major all set will come with Randy Moss, Tedy Bruschi, Rex Ryan and Alex Smith; in addition to insider Adam Schefter.
ESPN and ABC may have the Tremendous Bowl for the primary month in 2027, and the community executives are designing its weekly units for that obese week within the corporate’s historical past.
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