ESPN locks Mina Kimes for NFL coverage; The deal would include a big pay rise
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September 6, 2023 6:31 p.m.ESPN's staff news rollercoaster continued today, as NFL analyst Mina Kimes is bracing for what is reported to be a massive new deal. The deal is worth more than $1.7 million, according to Andrew Marchand of the New York Post, and puts Kimes above seven figures for the first time.
"Kimes' role with ESPN will remain fundamentally the same," Marchand reported. She will be featured on NFL Live and will make other appearances on network shows.
In addition, Dan Le Batard announced this morning that Kimes has signed a new deal with former ESPN boss John Skipper. Meadowlark Media. She will continue to appear on “The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz”.
Kimes would also continue his podcast, produced by Omaha Productions as part of the Peyton Manning-led partnership of the company with ESPN.
The announcements come a day after longtime football analyst Chris Mortensen announced his retirement , about a week after the network. refused to renew the contract of College Football Live host Wendi Nix, just under a month after popular SportsCenter presenter Neil Everett announced her departure after 23 years and about six weeks after. ESPN cut its national morning radio show with Keyshawn Johnson, Jay Williams and Max Kellerman, and dropped NBA analysts Jeff Van Gundy and Mark Jackson and a dozen others in a series of layoffs.
ESPN's budget cuts are part of Disney's overall budget cut that has seen the company attempt to remove $7,000. jobs.
In the meantime, the company has hired or expanded the roles of other people. It gave a broader tenure to longtime SportsCenter host Scott Van Pelt, propelled NBA analyst Doris Burke to the network's top games, hired former Sixers coach Doc Rivers, brought in Shannon Sharpe as a foil to Stephen A. Smith and, perhaps the biggest move,
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September 6, 2023 6:31 p.m.ESPN's staff news rollercoaster continued today, as NFL analyst Mina Kimes is bracing for what is reported to be a massive new deal. The deal is worth more than $1.7 million, according to Andrew Marchand of the New York Post, and puts Kimes above seven figures for the first time.
"Kimes' role with ESPN will remain fundamentally the same," Marchand reported. She will be featured on NFL Live and will make other appearances on network shows.
In addition, Dan Le Batard announced this morning that Kimes has signed a new deal with former ESPN boss John Skipper. Meadowlark Media. She will continue to appear on “The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz”.
Kimes would also continue his podcast, produced by Omaha Productions as part of the Peyton Manning-led partnership of the company with ESPN.
The announcements come a day after longtime football analyst Chris Mortensen announced his retirement , about a week after the network. refused to renew the contract of College Football Live host Wendi Nix, just under a month after popular SportsCenter presenter Neil Everett announced her departure after 23 years and about six weeks after. ESPN cut its national morning radio show with Keyshawn Johnson, Jay Williams and Max Kellerman, and dropped NBA analysts Jeff Van Gundy and Mark Jackson and a dozen others in a series of layoffs.
ESPN's budget cuts are part of Disney's overall budget cut that has seen the company attempt to remove $7,000. jobs.
In the meantime, the company has hired or expanded the roles of other people. It gave a broader tenure to longtime SportsCenter host Scott Van Pelt, propelled NBA analyst Doris Burke to the network's top games, hired former Sixers coach Doc Rivers, brought in Shannon Sharpe as a foil to Stephen A. Smith and, perhaps the biggest move,
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