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Mike Golic back to college football role at ESPN

Mike Golic’s incredible run doing mornings on ESPN radio may be ending but his career in broadcasting isn’t over by any stretch…

Mike Golic is wrapping up an incredible run as the host of ESPN’s national radio show, a role he has held since January of 2000 when he and Mike Greenberg began hosting “Mike and Mike”, a run that would last over 17 years together.

Golic continued to host the morning show with Trey Wingo after Greenberg left to focus on the TV side but earlier this month it was determined Golic would no longer be a part of ESPN Radio’s plans.

Now he’s onto his next role, that being his original job at the “Worldwide Leader in Sports”, news that Adam Schefter broke on Monday.

I was never a big “Mike and Mike” fan but their success together speaks for itself.  Working in radio since 2005 I have nothing but admiration for anyone who can hold onto a morning drive hosting spot for over twenty years.

The college football world gets to hear Golic now analyzing their game on the regular, something he starred at decades ago.

The former Notre Dame captain played eight years in the NFL for the Oilers, Eagles and Dolphins.  His media career began while playing for the Eagles as he’d have a weekly segment on quarterback Randall Cunningham’s television show.

The rest as they say, is history.

SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey’s concern for the season is ‘high to very high’

SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey said he is concerned about the prospect of playing football in the fall during an interview on ESPN Radio.

In light of rising COVID-19 cases across the south and decisions made by the Big 10 and PAC 12 over the last several days to move to conference-only football schedules this fall, SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey said he is concerned about the prospect of playing football in the fall during an interview on the ESPN Radio show Marty & McGee on Saturday morning.

“We put a medical advisory group together in early April with the question, ‘What do we have to do to get back to activity?’ and they’ve been a big part of the conversation,” Sankey said. “But the direct reality is not good and the notion that we’ve politicized medical guidance of distancing, and breathing masks, and hand sanitization, ventilation of being outside, being careful where you are in buildings. There’s some very clear advice about — you can’t mitigate and eliminate every risk, but how do you minimize the risk? … We are running out of time to correct and get things right, and as a society we owe it to each other to be as healthy as we can be.”

Sankey pointed out that since what one league does affects every other league, the decisions made by two of the Power Five conferences will impact the SEC’s decision-making. But he also said the league will cater to the individual needs of its member institutions above all else.

“That literally is playing out in front of us every day,” Sankey said. “That’s why I don’t feel any pressure because of somebody else’s decisions. We’re trying to make the right decisions for us, for the Southeastern Conference. It does have an impact because I’ve said publicly we’re all linked nationally, so when other people make decisions, yup, there’s an impact, but also we’re going to look at our situation and make a decision that’s appropriate for the Southeastern Conference and most importantly for the health of our student-athletes.”

“What I’ve tried to do is both keep a focus on what’s ahead but provide reality, which has been I’m going to focus on preparing to play the season as scheduled but acknowledge the circumstances around coronavirus are going to guide us in that decision-making,” Sankey said. “And the reality right now is the trends in our region, in our nation, are not in the positive direction for being able to have normal experiences.”

In the interview, Sankey confirmed that the late July deadline for final decisions regarding the season hasn’t changed and that he believes it beneficial to wait as long as possible before making an informed decision. The other two Power Five conferences, the ACC and Big 12, have both also said that they will wait until the end of the month to make decisions about scheduling.

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Report: Keyshawn Johnson heading East for ESPN Radio morning show

Keyshawn Johnson will leave his Los Angeles radio show for a spot on a new ESPN Radio national morning show.

Keyshawn Johnson is leaving Los Angeles for the East Coast for the second time in his career.

The former No. 1 pick of the New York Jets out of USC is heading to the Northeast to be part of a new ESPN Radio, morning show, the New York Post reported Thursday.

Johnson has been part of a successful morning show in Los Angeles. He was the No. 1 overall pick by Gang Green in 1996 and played with the Jets until heading for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2000. He also suited up for the Carolina Panthers and Dallas Cowboys.

 

Per Andrew Marchand of The Post:

ESPN and Johnson are in agreement on a contract, according to sources, that will directly impact the current morning team of Trey Wingo’s and Mike Golic Sr.’s ESPN’s futures.

Johnson’s partner or partners are still undetermined. He’s expected to begin in mid-August, but that could be impacted by the pandemic.

Wingo and Golic have contracts that run out at the end of the year. The third member of the current morning trifecta, Mike Golic Jr., has a contract that runs beyond 2020, according to the report.

In other ESPN news, Golic’s old radio partner, Mike Greenberg, is moving closer to an early afternoon slot to add to his TV duties as the host of “Get Up.”

Network executives have discussed slicing an hour off of the Dan Le Batard program that currently runs from 10-1 p.m., according to sources, and having Greenberg work 12-2 p.m., but Le Batard, who has two years remaining on his deal, may still hold onto his full three hours with Greenberg moving into a 1-3 p.m. It is undetermined.