{"id":73383,"date":"2025-05-23T17:27:11","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T17:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/73383\/"},"modified":"2025-05-23T17:27:11","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T17:27:11","slug":"espn-and-anchor-part-ways-after-25-years-and-his-goodbye-is-bittersweet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/73383\/","title":{"rendered":"ESPN And Anchor Part Ways After 25 Years &#8212; And His Goodbye Is Bittersweet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cSportsCenter\u201d anchor Stan Verrett is saying goodbye to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/news\/topic\/espn\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:ESPN;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">ESPN<\/a> after 25 years, telling viewers on X Wednesday, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/stanverrett\/status\/1925328878467424500\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Our business has changed greatly;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Our business has changed greatly<\/a> since I got in. It\u2019s time that I changed along with it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/frontofficesports.com\/stan-verrett-out-at-espn-at-end-of-summer-after-25-years\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Sources told Front Office Sports;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Sources told Front Office Sports<\/a>\u00a0that the sports network did not plan to renew his contract, which expires in the summer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re grateful for Stan\u2019s many contributions and all he has brought to SportsCenter over the years,\u201d Dave Roberts, ESPN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/espnpressroom.com\/us\/bios\/david-roberts\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:executive vice president and executive editor of sports news and entertainment;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">executive vice president and executive editor of sports news and entertainment<\/a>, told Front Office Sports in a statement. \u201cWe thank him and wish him continued success.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Verrett has co-anchored ESPN\u2019s 1 a.m.\u00a0ET\u00a0\u201cSportsCenter\u201d in Los Angeles since 2009, but the network <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/espn-axes-beloved-sportscenter-host-stan-verrett-after-25-year-run\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:is moving production;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">is moving production<\/a> to its headquarters in Bristol, Connecticut.<\/p>\n<p>Verrett will not be making the move.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy life is in Los Angeles now,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/stanverrett\/status\/1925260224879108295\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:wrote on X;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">wrote on X<\/a>. \u201cNothing but gratitude for 25 years of living a dream at ESPN. I\u2019m not retiring. Really excited about the future and some incredible opportunities. Stay tuned.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"caas-img caas-lazy has-preview\" alt=\"Stan Verrett, pictured in 2017, is reportedly not having his contract renewed by ESPN.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/e4a3671568619c353c95af26dfaa8f85.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Stan Verrett, pictured in 2017, is reportedly not having his contract renewed by ESPN. Icon Sportswire via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Verrett, who previously worked for the NBC affiliate in New Orleans, <a href=\"https:\/\/espnpressroom.com\/us\/bios\/verrett_stan\/#:~:text=SportsCenter%20Anchor&amp;text=Prior%20to%20ESPN%2C%20Verrett%20worked,and%20NBC%20affiliate%20WAVY%2DTV.\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:began at ESPN in 2000;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">began at ESPN in 2000<\/a> and moved to ESPN\u2019s new LA production facility in 2009 to begin his long hosting run on \u201cSportsCenter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Verrett and colleagues signed off on the last show from Los Angeles earlier this week with a highlight reel.<\/p>\n<p>Related&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cSportsCenter\u201d anchor Stan Verrett is saying goodbye to ESPN after 25 years, telling viewers on X Wednesday, \u201cOur&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":73384,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[21728,12,7,7410,6,4231,21727],"class_list":{"0":"post-73383","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-dave-roberts","9":"tag-espn","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-front-office","12":"tag-nfl","13":"tag-sportscenter","14":"tag-stan-verrett"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114558326778109590","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73383"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73383\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}