Espn's 'sportscenter' Stalwart Linda Cohn Is Retiring

Linda Cohn, an ESPN seasoned who has anchored much episodes of “SportsCenter” than anyone successful history, announced her status Monday.

A Los Angeles resident since 2018, Cohn, 66, will make her last ESPN quality Friday.

After starting her profession successful power and section TV, Cohn joined ESPN’s “SportsCenter” successful 1992 erstwhile female hosts connected sports programming were still a rarity. In a statement, she acknowledged her trailblazer status.

“What I’m astir proud of is that my profession lasted agelong capable for maine to spot small girls turn up watching ‘SportsCenter,’ participate this business, and win successful it,” she said. “If my travel helped make that way a small easier for them, past that’s nan accomplishment I’ll cherish most.”

Cohn moved to Los Angeles successful 2018. She regularly anchored nan late-night version of “SportsCenter,” which originated from nan metropolis until past year.

She deed a milestone of anchoring 5,000 “SportsCenter” episodes successful February 2016 and appeared connected astatine slightest 650 much complete nan 10 years that followed.

Cohn, who played collegiate lucky astatine Oswego Stage University and competed connected nan boys squad successful precocious school, regularly contributed to ESPN’s NHL coverage. She erstwhile did a unrecorded “SportsCenter” conception wherever she tried retired for nan occupation of emergency goalie for nan Florida Panthers.

Cohn will return to ESPN’s Bristol, Conn., studios connected Friday and look connected 4 editions of “SportsCenter” passim nan day. She will besides reconnect pinch longtime co-host John Buccigross during sum of nan NHL Draft.

“Linda Cohn is simply a fable and a awesome portion of nan history of ESPN,” said Burke Magnus, ESPN president, content. “She has brought enthusiasm, characteristic and her emotion of sports to our assemblage for much than 30 years and her contributions to ESPN some successful beforehand of and down nan camera would make a very agelong list.”