“SportsCenter” anchor Stan Verrett is saying goodbye to ESPN after 25 years, telling viewers on X Wednesday, “Our business has changed greatly since I got in. It’s time that I changed along with it.”
Sources told Front Office Sports that the sports network did not plan to renew his contract, which expires in the summer.
“We’re grateful for Stan’s many contributions and all he has brought to SportsCenter over the years,” Dave Roberts, ESPN’s executive vice president and executive editor of sports news and entertainment, told Front Office Sports in a statement. “We thank him and wish him continued success.”
Verrett has co-anchored ESPN’s 1 a.m. EST “SportsCenter” in Los Angeles since 2009, but the network is moving production to its headquarters in Bristol, Connecticut.
Verrett will not be making the move.
“My life is in Los Angeles now,” he wrote on X. “Nothing but gratitude for 25 years of living a dream at ESPN. I’m not retiring. Really excited about the future and some incredible opportunities. Stay tuned.”
Stan Verrett, pictured in 2017, is reportedly not having his contract renewed by ESPN. Icon Sportswire via Getty ImagesVerrett, who previously worked for the NBC affiliate in New Orleans, began at ESPN in 2000 and moved to ESPN’s new LA production facility in 2009 to begin his long hosting run on “SportsCenter.”
Verrett and colleagues signed off on the last show from Los Angeles earlier this week with a highlight reel.
A legendary sign-off from our SportsCenter LA crew ❤️ pic.twitter.com/fwHh560Ga3
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