Linda Cohn Announces Retirement from ESPN

bigzman · **Joined:** Wed Aug 10, 2005 9:13 am **Posts:** 6453

A true team player, and it was only three days since her episode from Rich Eisen's awesome "This Was SportsCenter" podcast dropped that the all-time leader with over 5,650 episodes hosted has called it a career.

She broke the news during an interview on ESPN Radio New York:

http://youtu.be/kD5QOtW-Axo?si=Dj02nh4YLVin7UHx

Let's all wish her the best for a happy retirement, because she truly deserves it after an incredible career

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bigzman · **Joined:** Wed Aug 10, 2005 9:13 am **Posts:** 6453

Linda will do a few final SC's before signing off officially on June 30.

Friday 6 p.m. ET edition.

Tuesday, June 30--11 p.m. immediately after SVP, I will check the ESPN Press Room for an update.

Savor the memories everybody. There will never be another person who stays in one place for over 30 years.

lakeshoredave · **Joined:** Fri Oct 01, 2010 3:12 pm **Posts:** 15089

She did a great job!

bigzman · **Joined:** Wed Aug 10, 2005 9:13 am **Posts:** 6453

Not only did Linda do a great job, she did an excellent job--no matter what the subject matter or even doing interviews (the one with Baseball Hall of Famer Ken Griffey, Jr. was an early Internet meme, but not for any happy reasons.)

Friday night will be definitely appointment TV. What a legend she turned to be!

bigzman · **Joined:** Wed Aug 10, 2005 9:13 am **Posts:** 6453

ESPN confirms that the initial report by Awful Announcing:

https://awfulannouncing.com/espn/linda-cohn-leaving-sportscenter.html

https://espnpressroom.com/us/press-releases/2026/06/linda-cohn-espns-longest-tenured-sportscenter-anchor-to-retire-from-espn-june-30/

bigzman · **Joined:** Wed Aug 10, 2005 9:13 am **Posts:** 6453

Plenty of tributes on Monday, which includes some past and current ESPN personalities and a few other notable sports media columnists/podcast hosts:

https://awfulannouncing.com/espn/linda-cohns-retirement-reactions-sportscenter.html

bigzman · **Joined:** Wed Aug 10, 2005 9:13 am **Posts:** 6453

The retirement of L.C. will mark the end of an era, an era which fans would always flock to SC to get their highlights and recaps from the day/night action from the early games.

She said in the ESPN press release that she always "was a fan first" when covering the many sports in this country, and at certain times the world.

When Friday night rolls around, it will be bittersweet--but a heavy dose of gratitude even though Linda had a scaled back schedule since 2016.

Savor it while you can, folks. We are never going to see these types of personalities again:

https://awfulannouncing.com/espn/sportscenter-golden-age-linda-cohn.html

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