- Rick Reilly: The ESPN writer will co-host the Los Angeles edition of SportsCenter this Thursday and Friday, alongside Neil Everett. Reilly, who joined ESPN in ’07, once co-anchored an edition of ESPNews while with Sports Illustrated.
- Bud Collins: The ESPN tennis analyst will reportedly not return to the network after the U.S. Open. Collins joined ESPN in ’07 after being let go by his previous longtime employer, NBC.
- Michael Wilbon: The Washington Post writer and ESPN personality will write a blog on washingtonpost.com. The blog, titled World Wide Wilbon, will feature “short takes instead of longer columns,” and be “more ‘PTI’ than newspaper.” (via The Big Lead)
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