Jan 1, 2025; Pasadena, California, USA; From left: Desmond Howard, Rece Davis, Nick Saban, Pat McAfee, Lee Corso and Kirk Herbstreit on the ESPN Gameday set at Rose Bowl Stadium. Obligatory Credit score: Kirby Lee-Imagn Photographs ESPN is retaining longtime “School GameDay” host Rece Davis on a seven-year contract value “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 “Large Midday Kickoff” pregame present, the primary competitor to “School GameDay” on faculty 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 a wide range of protection areas earlier than changing 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 faculty 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 boys’s 2026 World Cup and calling faculty basketball video games.
At Fox, Rob Stone hosts “Large Midday Kickoff” alongside a panel that features Charles Woodson, Brady Quinn, Matt Leinart and City Meyer.
Davis’ colleagues at ESPN embody Desmond Howard, Kirk Herbstreit, Nick Saban, Lee Corso and Pat McAfee.
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