ESPN tributes pour in for Gene Wojciechowski on final 'official' day
It's official: Gene Wojciechowski is no longer an official part of ESPN.
Wojciechowski made the announcement this weekend on X (formerly Twitter): "After 27 1/2 yrs, my official last day on the ESPN books. Owe 1,000 thanks, but forever grateful to J Skipper, J Papanek, Steve Wulf, P Stiegman, Lee Fitting, Mike McQuade, D Kraft, Joe W, @KirkHerbstreit , @ReceDavis , Tom Rinaldi, @Jimmyggg44 , @cbfowler +every editor/prod/crew."
What's noteworthy here is that he was part of the layoffs at the Worldwide Leader back in 2023, which might mean his contract included months of severance pay. So he was marking the officially official day that he was no longer part of ESPN.
He was known for being a terrific columnist at ESPN, and he wrote for ESPN the Magazine as well (full disclosure: I was also at ESPN the Mag long ago!) and he had been a part of College GameDay as well.
As you'd expect, the tributes poured in for the writer who had spent over 27 years at ESPN, many of them from colleagues at the network who heaped nothing but praise on Wojciechowski (and deservedly so).
ESPN colleagues took to X (formerly Twitter) to pay tribute to Gene Wojciechowski
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