{"id":2327883,"date":"2024-08-20T20:06:59","date_gmt":"2024-08-21T00:06:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/espns-sunday-nfl-countdown-is-getting-a-new-host\/"},"modified":"2024-08-20T20:08:46","modified_gmt":"2024-08-21T00:08:46","slug":"espns-sunday-nfl-countdown-is-getting-a-new-host","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/espns-sunday-nfl-countdown-is-getting-a-new-host\/","title":{"rendered":"ESPN&#8217;s &#8216;Sunday NFL Countdown&#8217; is Getting a New Host"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fespns-sunday-nfl-countdown-is-getting-a-new-host%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2327883&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Mike Greenberg will\u2064 be \u200bhosting ESPN&#8217;s &#8220;Sunday NFL Countdown,&#8221; which kicks \u200coff its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/50-years-later-we-still-remember-the-immaculate-reception-and-the-great-roberto-clemente\/\" title=\"50 Years Later, We Still Remember The \u2018Immaculate Reception\u2019 And The Great Roberto Clemente\">40th season<\/a> on September 8. He is the fourth host in \u2064the show&#8217;s history, taking over from Samantha Ponder, who recently had her contract bought out as part of \u200bESPN&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lawsuit-alec-baldwin-had-no-reason-to-fire-gun-during-scene-being-rehearsed\/\" title=\"Lawsuit: Alec Baldwin Had No Reason to Fire Gun During Scene Being Rehearsed\">cost-cutting measures<\/a>. Previously, the show was hosted\u200d by Bob Ley and Chris Berman. Greenberg, \u200bwho has extensive experience at ESPN, has been hosting parts of the\u2064 NFL draft coverage since \u200c2021 and also leads &#8220;NBA Countdown&#8221; and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/timeline-andrew-cuomos-scandalous-covid-19-response\/\" title=\"Timeline: Andrew Cuomo\u2019s Scandalous COVID-19 Response\">morning show<\/a> &#8220;Get Up.&#8221; Notably, analysts Tedy Bruschi, Rex Ryan, Randy Moss, Alex Smith, and Adam Schefter will return to the show.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section>\n<p>Mike Greenberg will be the host of ESPN&rsquo;s &ldquo;Sunday NFL Countdown&rdquo; when the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/94th-academy-awards-livewire\/\" title=\"94th Academy Awards Livewire\">show begins<\/a> its 40th season on September 8th.<\/p>\n<p>Greenberg becomes the fourth host in the show&rsquo;s history. Bob Ley hosted the first year in 1985, when it was called &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/nfl-star-involved-car-accident-gets-evaluated-medical-staff-team-releases-statement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NFL<\/a> GameDay,&rdquo; followed by Chris Berman (1986-2016) and Samantha Ponder (2017-23).<\/p>\n<p>Ponder and college football analyst Robert Griffin III, who also appeared on &ldquo;Monday Night Countdown&rdquo; last season, had their contracts bought out by ESPN last week as part of cost-cutting moves at the network.<\/p>\n<p>Greenberg has hosted the first two nights of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/espn-host-lauds-tim-walzs-different-kind-masculinity-promptly-gets-ripped-respected-reporter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ESPN<\/a>&lsquo;s coverage of the NFL draft since 2021 as well as hosting ESPN and ABC&rsquo;s &ldquo;NBA Countdown&rdquo; studio show. He also hosts the morning show &ldquo;Get Up&rdquo; and has an afternoon program on ESPN Radio.<\/p>\n<p>Tedy Bruschi, Rex Ryan, Randy Moss, Alex Smith and Adam Schefter will return to &ldquo;Sunday NFL Countdown&rdquo; as analysts.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style: italic;\">The Western Journal has reviewed this Associated Press story and may have altered it prior to publication to ensure that it meets our editorial standards.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\">  <\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> <label>* Name<\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> <\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> <label>* <\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> <\/div>\n<p> <label>* Message<\/label> <br \/> <textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> <input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\">  <\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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He will be the fourth person to host the show, which originally started in 1985 under the name &#8220;NFL GameDay&#8221; with Bob Ley at the helm. Chris Berman hosted from 1986 to 2016, and Samantha Ponder served as host from 2017 to 2023. Recently, ESPN bought out Ponder&#8217;s contract along with that of college football analyst Robert Griffin III, who was also part of &#8220;Monday Night Countdown,&#8221; as part of cost-reduction efforts at the network. Since 2021, Greenberg has been hosting ESPN\u2019s coverage for the first two nights of the NFL draft and is also known for leading ESPN and ABC\u2019s \u201cNBA Countdown\u201d studio show. Additionally, he hosts a morning program called \u201cGet Up\u201d and an afternoon show on ESPN Radio. Analysts Tedy Bruschi, Rex Ryan, Randy Moss, Alex Smith, and Adam Schefter will return to contribute to &#8220;Sunday NFL Countdown.&#8221; The Western Journal has reviewed this Associated Press article and may have made edits before publication to align it with their editorial guidelines<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2327884,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/840503a743a04194896f7a80f1bed053.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[5851,7215,36703,38743],"class_list":["post-2327883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-espn","tag-nfl","tag-sports-media","tag-sunday-countdown"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/840503a743a04194896f7a80f1bed053.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2327883","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2327883"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2327883\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2327884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2327883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2327883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2327883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}