All Rights reserved.Get our latest storiesin the feed of your favorite networksPandemic-proof vs. pandemic-contingent broadcast lineupsSignup for Breaking News Alerts & NewslettersLast year he announced plans to take a six-month sabbatical. Ley thanked ESPN president Jimmy Pitaro and the network’s senior leadership team “for their understanding and patience over the past months.”Up-to-date lists for broadcast, cable and streaming seriesWe want to hear from you!
We have shared an American story unlike any other. And we will continue to do so in the years ahead,” Ley said.Launch dates for broadcast, cable and streaming programsCopyright © 2020 Penske Business Media, LLC.
Ley has been with the network since 1979 and has become a much-respected daily fixture on Outside the Lines, so many fans of the broadcaster …
“Bob Ley has decided to extend his time away from Outside the Lines.
To be invited into your homes was a privilege I never took for granted, one I worked each day to uphold. ESPN addressed the issue Monday in a statement to USA Today. Send us a tip using our annonymous form.“To be clear, this is entirely my decision,” Ley wrote on Twitter.
Ley and OTL won the DuPont Award in 2014 for reporting on issues in football at the youth level. Report. Growing up, Smith was obsessed with the Phillies, scoring games at Veterans Stadium and listening to Kalas call games on the radio.
Ley and OTL also won four Edward R. Murrow Awards.Sign up for our breaking news alerts Too many folks to thank individually, right now, but know that I … 11:10.
So what comes next? Smith, a Philadelphia native born and raised in Mount Airy, is filling in as host of ESPN’s long-running news program Outside the Lines while Bob Ley remains on a sabbatical (the network said Ley’s expected to return sometime this month). Longtime ESPN host Bob Ley is indefinitely extending his leave of absence from the network and from Outside the Lines.
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So what comes next?
Up-to-date lists for broadcast, cable and streaming seriesWe want to hear from you! ESPN’s announcement about his indefinite extension comes as Ley’s sabbatical is nearing its end.Sign up for our breaking news alerts ESPN Outside The Lines Bob Ley blooper. Ley leaves behind Bob-Lanier-sized shoes to fill both in his presence as the godfather of the network and the host of Outside the Lines. Whit Nancy. “Bob Ley has decided to extend his time away from 'Outside the Lines'. Ley will join Jeremy Schaap on Wednesday’s episode of Outside the Lines at 1 PM ET, ESPN said. “I enjoy the best of health, and the many blessings of friends and family, and it is in that context that I’m making this change,” he said.“Through the decades, and my innumerable experiences at ESPN, I have built many deep and fulfilling friendships.