ESPN Laying Off Additional On-Air Personalities

[Malone]

Andy Katz is out

THAT is ridiculous. Katz IS college basketball.

 

[Tornado man]

THAT is ridiculous. Katz IS college basketball.

Amen. No one better on ESPN for info on college bball.

 

[ItsCyence]

MLB analysts Dallas Braden, Raul Ibanez, and Doug Glanville are gone too.

I got laid off last month and it's definitely not a good feeling. Most of these guys will land something else fairly soon I'd imagine.

 

[CTTB78]

meh he was an east coast homer anyways

Wasn't Katz a Wisconsin grad? Number one loss on the list IMO.
Sad to see some of the baseball analysts go too.

Any chance Ed Cunningham will never be heard from again?

 

[67CY]

I hate to see anyone lose there job, if they don't deserve to. However I don't see how some of those on the air people got hired in the first place or kept their jobs as long as they did.

 

[erikbj]

Just wondering how many executives lost their jobs - due to poor contracts or inability to provide content that people want to buy.

 

[Gonzo]

Britt McHenry given the boot. She'll probably fit in with some news channel.

And hired at Fox in 3... 2... 1...

 

[madguy30]

I think a point most aren't making is what Fox Sports does with this. I'm sure that's where some of these guys will head to. It would be awesome if Fox would pass ESPN in the near future but it will probably take awhile until then.

I would think most of the folks can get some sort of gig with some sort of sports/news network, and FSN will probably pick up a few like they have with others.

If Michael Irvin and Bill Romanowski have jobs (he calls in occasionally to shows IIRC), it's absolutely possible for...pretty much anyone else.

 

[ItsCyence]

Sounds like ESPN is going to start airing some MLB Network content. Only thing I've read mentions airing Intentional Talk hosted by Chris Rose and Kevin Millar.

I would love to see Katz end up at CBS.

 

[stateofmind]

@ChrisMWilliams, why don't you make a call to Andy Katz to see if he would like to do some feature work for CF?

 

[WIBadger]

He's a freaking Hawkeye so I don't care about him losing his job.

Eh, that's fine. It says a lot more about you than it does him

 

[ISUAlum2002]

For some reason KXnO cut the Hassel interview out of their Murph and Andy podcast from yesterday. I wanted to listen to it.

 

[harimad]

Good God!! They let Jaymee Sire go, but old horse face Cohn is still there! FU ESPN execs!!

Well, at least there's always Maxim magazine for you?

 

[AgronAlum]

I hope the CBB analysts that were let go all get picked up by the same place. I will gladly follow that list if it means steering clear of ESPN.

 

[Gorm]

For some reason KXnO cut the Hassel interview out of their Murph and Andy podcast from yesterday. I wanted to listen to it.

I noticed that as well.

 

[harimad]

Turns out saying baseball isn't complex because even people from the Dominican Republic could pick up the game wasn't a wise career move. Who knew?

Cowherd said that? Wtf...

 

[weR138]

meh he was an east coast homer anyways

Is that the lady who was a complete dbag to the impound lot lady?

[/QUOTE]

Meh? DBag? These are PEOPLE. With FAMILIES to support. Wow. I think some folks here need to step back and think about Mike Golic Jr.'s future. I pray that Mike Jr. keeps his job. Think of the children.

Any word on Danny Kanell's status? Hopefully his kids won't go to bed hungry tonight.

 

[cycloner29]

Well, at least there's always Maxim magazine for you?

Just saying they keep the old war horse on, but let the eye candy go. Jaymee is a lot easier on the eyes than ol' Linda.

 

[Knownothing]

I would love to see Katz at CBS. It's one thing to fire a bunch of guys that don't add. Katz is the one person I go to for college basketball that does not seem to be a real homer for a conference or a team.

 

[cyclonepower]

Chris asked that they not podcast it