Saturday, November 9, 2013

Cohn Takes Over Steele As New 1pm ET SportsCenter Anchor

By Josh Albarran

(ESPN)
On Wednesday, Sage Steele anchor her last SportsCenter broadcast as she moves on to her new role at ESPN's NBA Countdown show as part of her new contract extension. Shortly after Steele's final show, Linda Cohn had been named the new co-anchor of the 1-3pm ET SportsCenter alongside David Lloyd on weekday afternoons.

Cohn, the 21-year veteran of ESPN's flagship sports news program and the host of ESPN's twice-weekly podcast Listen Closely to Linda Cohn will now be doing the 1pm ET show every weekday beginning with the Nov. 7th broadcast. Meanwhile, Steele will continue to appear on SportsCenter doing NBA content including The Finals while hosting NBA Countdown on ESPN Fridays and on Sunday when coverage on the ABC Television Network begins on December 25.

As for SportsCenter's weekday line-up, here's the new menu:

9 am: Kevin Negandhi and Hannah Storm
11 am: Jay Crawford and Chris McKendry
1 pm: Linda Cohn and David Lloyd
6 pm: John Anderson and Lindsay Czarniak
11 pm: Steve Levy, Jay Harris, Scott Van Pelt and John Buccigross
1 am: Neil Everett, Stan Verrett and Kenny Mayne

(All Times Eastern)