ESPN is retaining longtime “School GameDay” host Rece Davis on a seven-year contract price “tens of hundreds of thousands” of {dollars}, The Athletic reported Sunday.
Fox Sports activities reportedly had made a robust push to rent Davis to host its “Huge Midday Kickoff” pregame present, the primary competitor to “School GameDay” on school soccer Saturdays.
Davis, 59, labored as a sports activities anchor and reporter at a tv station in Flint, Mich., from 1993-95 instantly previous to becoming a member of ESPN, the place he had roles in quite a lot of protection areas earlier than turning into the founding host of “School GameDay” in 2005. He additionally hosts the faculty basketball model of the present.
The Athletic stated he accepted “a slight hometown low cost” to stick with ESPN, which is able to assure him lead school soccer internet hosting duties till 2032 — the tip of the community’s School Soccer Playoff deal. Per the report, the Fox provide included main the protection of the lads’s 2026 World Cup and calling school basketball video games.
At Fox, Rob Stone hosts “Huge Midday Kickoff” alongside a panel that features Charles Woodson, Brady Quinn, Matt Leinart and City Meyer.
Davis’ colleagues at ESPN embrace Desmond Howard, Kirk Herbstreit, Nick Saban, Lee Corso and Pat McAfee.
–Area Stage Media
