Colin Cowerd Leaving ESPN For Fox Sports
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Thursday, July 16, 2015
Robby Davis, GolocalPDX Contributor
Colin Cowherd will be leaving
ESPN for a job at
Fox Sports. Specifics regarding Cowherd’s deal with Fox Sports hasn’t been disclosed, but it’s rumored that he will likely have a daily TV show and will also appear on Fox Sports' Sunday NFL program.
ESPN attempted to retain Cowerd, but ultimately lost out to Fox Sports who have been on a bit of a spending spree since launching their cable networks 2 years ago.
Cowerd was the host of ESPN’s popular radio show, The Herd with Colin Cowherd. He used to also co-host SportsNation will Michelle Beadle. He left SportsNation in 2012.
The former ESPN radio host was born and raised in Bay Center, Washington. He also spent a little bit of time in Portland, Oregon in 1996 where he worked as a sports anchorman for KGW-TV.
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