ESPN's 'SportsCenter' stalwart Linda Cohn is retiring

Linda Cohn, an ESPN seasoned who has anchored much episodes of “SportsCenter” than anyone successful history, announced her status Monday.

A Los Angeles nonmigratory since 2018, Cohn, 66, volition marque her last ESPN quality Friday.

After starting her vocation successful vigor and section TV, Cohn joined ESPN’s “SportsCenter” successful 1992 erstwhile women hosts connected sports programming was inactive a rarity. In a statement, she acknowledged her trailblazer status.

“What I’m astir arrogant of is that my vocation lasted agelong capable for maine to spot small girls turn up watching ‘SportsCenter,’ participate this business, and win successful it,” she said. “If my travel helped marque that way a small easier for them, past that’s the accomplishment I’ll cherish most.”

Cohn moved to Los Angeles successful 2018. She regularly anchored the late-night variation of “SportsCenter,” which originated from the metropolis until past year.

She deed a milestone of anchoring 5,000 “SportsCenter” episodes successful Feb. 2016 and appeared connected astatine slightest 650 much implicit the 10 years that followed.

Cohn, who played collegiate hockey astatine Oswego Stage University and competed connected the boys squad successful precocious school, regularly contributed to ESPN’s NHL coverage. She erstwhile did a unrecorded “SportsCenter” conception wherever she tried retired for the occupation of exigency goalie for the Florida Panthers.

Cohn volition instrumentality to ESPN’s Bristol, Conn. studios connected Friday and look connected 4 editions of “SportsCenter” passim the day. She volition besides reconnect with longtime co-host John Buccigross during sum of the NHL Draft.

“Linda Cohn is simply a fable and a large portion of the past of ESPN,” said Burke Magnus, ESPN president, content. “She has brought enthusiasm, property and her emotion of sports to our assemblage for much than 30 years and her contributions to ESPN some successful beforehand of and down the camera would marque a precise agelong list.”