Flailing ESPN Reaches Into Its Past, Set to Revive Beloved '80s Show: Report

Flailing ESPN Reaches Into Its Past, Set to Revive Beloved ’80s Show: Report


What’s one of the most common responses imaginable to ongoing personal struggles?

A yearning for the halcyon days of yore … and “The Worldwide Leader in Sports” appears to be going through this exact phenomena.

Days after some purported cost-cutting moves (firings), a new report has emerged that ESPN is planning on reviving a dormant show — albeit in an unfamiliar form.

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John Ourand of Puck News reported Monday that ESPN was bringing back “The Sports Reporters,” a roundtable discussion forum-type show that first aired in 1988 before ending in 2017 after multiple format and host changes.

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ESPN will resuscitate The Sports Reporters, prepping an episode hosted by Jeremy Schaap with NFL play-by-players, like Joe Buck and Al Michaels. It’ll be produced for

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