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ESPN Anchor Linda Cohn to Retire After 34 Years
Linda Cohn, who anchored more SportsCenter episodes than anyone in network history, will make her final appearance Friday. She joined the show in 1992 and later moved to Los Angeles to anchor its late-night edition.
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ESPN anchor Linda Cohn announced her retirement Monday after anchoring more episodes of SportsCenter than anyone in the network’s history. Cohn, 66, will make her final on-air appearance Friday, returning to the Bristol, Conn., studios for four editions of the program and coverage of the NHL Draft.
She joined SportsCenter in 1992 after starting in radio and local television. Female hosts on national sports programming were still uncommon at the time. Cohn reached 5,000 SportsCenter episodes in February 2016 and anchored at least 650 more in the decade that followed.
She regularly hosted the late-night edition that originated from Los Angeles until last year. ESPN president of content Burke Magnus said Cohn brought enthusiasm, personality and a love of sports to the audience for more than 30 years. Cohn moved to Los Angeles in 2018 and has lived there since.
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