What year did the man who replaced Robert Flores on "SportsCenter" first become an anchor?
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Robert Flores Robert Flores (born July 7, 1970) is a sports journalist, who works for MLB Network and NHL Network as a studio host for each. Flores formerly worked at ESPN. Joining the network in 2005, Flores was an anchor for ESPNEWS and for ESPN's "SportsCenter" (2007–2016). Flores provided studio updates during each game of ABC College Football, and Saturday Night Football. He also served as a substitute studio host for ESPN2's "Friday Night Fights". Flores hosted the live afternoon edition of "SportsCenter" from noon - 3 p.m. with Chris McKendry until early September 2009, when he was replaced with John Buccigross. He was also a substitute host for Baseball Tonight. Flores announced on February 4, 2016 that he would be leaving ESPN after ten years.
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John Buccigross John Buccigross ( ) is an American sportscaster. He has been an anchor for ESPN since 1996.
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Louis Aguirre Louis Juan Aguirre (born November 12, 1966) is an American television anchor covering the entertainment field for "The Insider". His former job was the co-anchor of "Deco Drive", a weeknight entertainment show on WSVN in Miami, FL.
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Chet Simmons Chester Robert "Chet" Simmons (July 11, 1928 – March 25, 2010) was a television executive. He worked at ABC Sports, NBC Sports and ESPN, and was the first Commissioner of the USFL. From 1957 to 1964, he helped build ABC Sports into a leader in sports programming and was a key part of the development of "Wide World of Sports". He joined NBC Sports in 1964 where he stayed for 15 years becoming the first President in 1977. At NBC, he pioneered instant replay and coverage of the Olympics and NCAA Men's Basketball Final Four. In 1979, he left NBC to join the soon to launch ESPN becoming its second President. At ESPN, he oversaw the launch of the Network, the development of "SportsCenter", the first broadcasts of the NFL Draft, coverage of the early rounds of the NCAA Men's Basketball Final Four and the development of Chris Berman, Bob Ley, George Grande, Greg Gumbel and Dick Vitale. In 1982, he became the first Commissioner of the United States Football League and led it through three Championships and players including Herschel Walker, Jim Kelly, Reggie White, Steve Young and Anthony Carter.
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Jim Ryan (reporter) James Logan Ryan (born 1939) is a television reporter and anchorman in New York City.
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John Drury (television anchor) John Richard Drury (January 4, 1927 – November 25, 2007) was an American television news anchor from Chicago, Illinois. Drury is most known for serving as anchor on Chicago news broadcasts which included: WGN-TV from 1967 to 1970 and again from 1979 until 1984; WLS-TV from 1970 to 1979 and 1984 until his retirement in 2002. Upon his retirement came the news that he was diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, otherwise known as Lou Gehrig's disease. Drury was a leading activist for ALS research and was a spokesperson for the Brain Research Foundation. Drury died from motor neurone disease in 2007 at age 80.
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Charlie Rose Charles Peete "Charlie" Rose Jr. (born January 5, 1942) is an American television talk show host and journalist. Since 1991, he has hosted "Charlie Rose", an interview show distributed nationally by PBS since 1993. Rose has also co-anchored "CBS This Morning" since 2012. Rose also substitutes for "CBS Evening News with Scott Pelley" when Pelley is off or on assignment. Rose, along with Lara Logan, has hosted the revived CBS classic "Person to Person", a news program during which celebrities are interviewed in their homes, originally hosted from 1953 to 1961 by Edward R. Murrow. Rose is a member of the Democratic Party.
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Carolina Padrón Carolina Desireé José Padrón Ríos (born March 20, 1983) is a Venezuela sportscaster, journalist and television host currently working for ESPN Deportes and ESPN Mexico. Padrón is the co-anchor of ESPN's Spanish version of "SportsCenter" and also has covered sporting events such as the FIFA World Cup and the Summer Olympics.
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Lester Holt Lester Don Holt Jr. (born March 8, 1959) is an American journalist who anchors the weekday edition of "NBC Nightly News". He is also the anchor for "Dateline NBC". On February 9, 2015, he became the interim weeknight "NBC Nightly News" anchor, filling in for suspended anchor and managing editor Brian Williams. On June 18, 2015, he was made the permanent anchor of "NBC Nightly News" after NBC decided to keep Brian Williams as MSNBC breaking news anchor and reporter and fill-in NBC News breaking news anchor and reporter.
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Jim Gordon (sportscaster) Jim Gordon (February 15, 1927 – February 16, 2003) was an American television and radio newscaster and play-by-play sportscaster in the New York City area for nearly 40 years.
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Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel is a monthly sports newsmagazine on HBO that debuted on April 2, 1995. The show was "spawned by the fact that sports have changed dramatically, that it's no longer just fun and games, and that what happens off the field, beyond the scores, is worthy of some serious reporting," according to Bryant Gumbel, the host.
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Skip Bayless Skip Bayless (born John Edward Bayless II December 4, 1951) is an American sports columnist, author, and television personality. He is well known for his work as a commentator on the ESPN2 show, "First Take", with Stephen A. Smith, a show which he left in April 2016. Bayless debuted his new show "" with Shannon Sharpe on Fox Sports 1 September 6, 2016.
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Michael Wilbon Michael Ray Wilbon ( ; born November 19, 1958) is an ESPN commentator and former sportswriter and columnist for "The Washington Post". He is an analyst for ESPN and has co-hosted "Pardon the Interruption" on ESPN with former "Post" writer Tony Kornheiser since 2001.
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Red Barber Walter Lanier "Red" Barber (February 17, 1908 – October 22, 1992) was an American sports commentator. Barber, nicknamed "The Ol' Redhead", was primarily identified with radio broadcasts of Major League Baseball, calling play-by-play across four decades with the Cincinnati Reds (1934–1938), Brooklyn Dodgers (1939–1953), and New York Yankees (1954–1966). Like his fellow sports pioneer Mel Allen, Barber also gained a niche calling college and professional American football in his primary market of New York City.
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Ron Franklin Ron Franklin (born February 2, 1942) is an American sportscaster. He was employed by ESPN from 1987 to 2011. He was fired by ESPN on January 4, 2011, after making sexist comments to a colleague. Franklin brought a wrongful termination suit against his former employer, alleging breach of contract by ESPN. The parties settled out of court.
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Brian Sullivan (news anchor) Brian Sullivan (born July 19, 1971, Los Angeles, California) is a television news anchor and business journalist.
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Dan Roche Dan Roche is a sports anchor and reporter for WBZ-TV and WSBK-TV in Boston.
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News at Seven News at Seven is a now-defunct early evening English-language newscast of GMA Network from November 1, 1976 to May 16, 1986. It was replaced by the first flagship Filipino-language newscast "GMA Balita". This was anchored by Tina Monzon-Palma and Jose Mari Velez.
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Bryant Gumbel Bryant Charles Gumbel (born September 29, 1948) is an American television journalist and sportscaster, best known for his 15 years as co-host of NBC's "Today". He is the younger brother of sportscaster Greg Gumbel. Since 1995, he has hosted HBO's acclaimed investigative series "Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel", which has been rated as "flat out TV's best sports program" by the "Los Angeles Times". It won a Peabody Award in 2012.
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Mike Toth Mike Toth (born September 27, 1963 in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada) is a Canadian sports anchor, formerly on Rogers Sportsnet Sportsnet Connected and with the Fan 590 in Toronto. He grew up in Bassano, Alberta and then spent much of his early career in Calgary, Alberta with CICT-TV as a sports anchor and co-host of the station's "Sports @ 11" nightly sports broadcast. He then worked as a sports anchor for TSN's SportsCentre. After leaving TSN, Toth hosted the "Hockey Central" program, as well as guest hosted "Prime Time Sports" on The Fan 590. Toth was also a co-host on the Fan 590's "The Bullpen" with Mike Hogan from 10:00am to noon.
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Douglas Edwards Douglas Edwards (July 14, 1917 – October 13, 1990) was an American network news television anchor. He anchored CBS's first nightly news broadcast from 1948–1962, which was later to be titled "CBS Evening News".
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Dave Feldman Dave Feldman (born 1965) is an American sportscaster. Formerly at ESPN and WTTG-TV in Washington, D.C., Feldman began his current position as reporter and television anchor for Comcast SportsNet Bay Area in San Francisco, California on July 23, 2012.