Erin Andrews leaving ESPN

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Erin Andrews*hired by*Fox Sports after ESPN contract expires - Richard Deitsch - SI.com


Erin Andrews is moving to Fox Sports. SI.com has learned the network hired the former ESPN personality to host a new 30-minute prime-time college football studio show, which premieres Sept. 1 before Fox Sports' coverage of Hawaii at USC. Andrews will also have other assignments at Fox Sports, including a role in its NFL and MLB coverage.
As first reported by SI.com, Fox Sports executives met with Andrews in Los Angeles earlier this week to discuss a role in Fox's college football coverage. Andrews' agents at IMG informed ESPN on Friday that she would not be returning to the network after the expiration of her contract at the end of June. Shortly after SI.com reported that Fox was aggressively pursuing Andrews, ESPN released a statement Friday night. "Erin Andrews is leaving ESPN," an ESPN spokesperson said. "She did great work for us and we made an aggressive offer to keep her. We wish her the best on her next chapter."
Unlike ESPN, which has plenty of high-profile college football talent, Fox Sports is relatively light on name broadcasters in the sport. Last year, Fox hired Gus Johnson as its lead college football game-caller, and Andrews represents another well-known broadcasting figure to compete with ESPN.
Fox invested heavily in college football over the last 24 months, including entering a 12-year agreement with the Pac-12 this year covering broadcast, national and local cable, and digital assets, and will air a minimum of eight regular-season football games on Fox Sports, at least four in prime time. Last year, Fox Sports and the Big 12 reached a 13-year agreement for exclusive cable rights to 40 football games per season. Fox will air the Pac-12 championship game on Nov. 30, the Big Ten championship game on Dec. 1 and the Big 12/SEC Cotton Bowl Classic on Jan 4, 2013.
Andrews, 34, joined ESPN in 2004 and had covered Major League Baseball and the College World Series in addition to college basketball and college football for that network. When she re-signed with ESPN two years ago, her role expanded with the addition of a hosting position during the first hour of an expanded College GameDay program on ESPNU. Joining Fox is somewhat of a homecoming: Andrews began as a sports reporter at Fox Sports Florida in 2000.
Two years ago, Andrews appeared on Dancing with the Stars, and the possibility exists she could be involved in some entertainment option under the Fox umbrella. Earlier this year, Andrews appeared in the Adam Sandler comedy That's My Boy and has worked as a correspondent for Entertainment Tonight.


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phork said:
Who cares, she is over rated.
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You sir, are just wrong.

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I kinda agree with phork a little. She is hot but as a reporter, let's face it, she's a reporter because she's hot.
 
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The only thing FS could do to improve their College Football recruiting more would be to fire Petros Papawhateverhislastnameis.
 
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Charissa Thompson is the hottest currently at ESPN and I think has been for a while.
 
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She does cutsey pieces about irrelevant crap. And as someone stated above, she is a reporter because she is hot. And is a chick.

Frankly if it was up to me all females would be removed from any sort of college football reporting. Women just can't do it. I want to gouge my ears out whenever you get stuck with a Pam Ward game or some other idiot. Stick to being Molly Homemaker or if you are hot be a WAG on some big named stars arm.
 
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Erin Andrews leaving espn got about as much publicity as Dana Jacobson leaving espn...


who next to leave, Jemele Hill???
 
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I just wish she would quit sexting me.
 
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Dana Jacobson left espn? I didn't get that memo.

And on a side note, why do ya'll know all these chicks' names at espn...I mean, the not hot chicks' names?
 
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Meh, I wouldn't kick her out of bed, but I've never really understood the obsession with her. I guess I'd rather look at her than Holly Rowe with her clown painted face, though.
 
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TDHeysus said:
Erin Andrews leaving espn got about as much publicity as Dana Jacobson leaving espn...


who next to leave, Jemele Hill???
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Jacobson didn't leave ESPN as far as I know (unless it happened very recently). She left First Take, because they changed the format of the show and turned it into 2 hours of debate w/ Skip Bayless (a new director came in and saw that ratings were highest when it was pure debate, so he scrapped the entire show and made it the Skip show, and ratings have never been higher, as of a month ago). So all she was doing was moderating, instead of doing all the stuff she used to do on the show, so she asked out. I saw her doing other things on the network shortly after her last First Take show.

And Erin Andrews is hellafine. Her body is insane. Plus she really loves and knows her sports - it's not an act. Bill Simmons had a great interview with her a few years ago - she's awesome IMO...
 
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NDinL.A. said:
Jacobson didn't leave ESPN as far as I know (unless it happened very recently). She left First Take, because they changed the format of the show and turned it into 2 hours of debate w/ Skip Bayless (a new director came in and saw that ratings were highest when it was pure debate, so he scrapped the entire show and made it the Skip show, and ratings have never been higher, as of a month ago). So all she was doing was moderating, instead of doing all the stuff she used to do on the show, so she asked out. I saw her doing other things on the network shortly after her last First Take show.

And Erin Andrews is hellafine. Her body is insane. Plus she really loves and knows her sports - it's not an act. Bill Simmons had a great interview with her a few years ago - she's awesome IMO...
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She gone. It's official: Dana Jacobson leaving ESPN
 
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keelio said:
Seriously she is hot. Who are they going to place in the locker rooms to get the exclusive stories now...........
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Erin who?

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Have at it gents... :wink:
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