ESPN’s Kaylee Hartung is reportedly heading to CNN. In other news, Brent Musburger will make a guest appearance on ESPN next week, and Shaquille O’Neal is heading to the broadcast booth for the second time this season.
Hartung Descending Into Cable News
- ESPN sideline reporter Kaylee Hartung is departing the network to join CNN as a national correspondent, The Big Lead reported last week. Prior to joining ESPN in 2012, Hartung spent five years in CBS News’ Washington bureau and served as an associate producer on the CBS Sunday morning show Face the Nation. She is not expected to contribute to Turner Sports in her new position. (The Big Lead 3.3)
Musburger Back on ESPN Next Week
- Former ESPN play-by-play voice Brent Musburger will make a guest appearance on the network next week as part of a 24-hour marathon of NCAA bracket-related programming. Musburger, who now hosts a gambling-focused radio show, will visit an ESPN set in Las Vegas where he will “offer his Vegas betting insight.” (ESPN Media Zone 3.6)
Shaq Back in Booth
- TNT NBA studio analyst Shaquille O’Neal will join the broadcast booth for next week’s “Players Only” coverage of Lakers-Nuggets, serving in an analyst role alongside Derek Fisher with Brent Barry on play-by-play. It will be the second game assignment for O’Neal this year, who in December was a guest analyst on a Lakers-Heat game in which his number was retired at halftime. (Turner Sports)
