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Miami Herald
6 days ago
- Sport
- Miami Herald
ESPN adds second sideline reporter to 'MNF' teams
ESPN is adding a second voice to its 'Monday Night Football' broadcast teams for the 2025 season. The network said Tuesday that longtime NFL studio host and reporter Laura Rutledge will join Lisa Salters on the sidelines for all 20 games that feature Joe Buck and Troy Aikman in the booth. ESPN also announced a contract extension for Salters, who has been with ESPN and ABC since 2000 and will enter her 14th season on the 'Monday Night Football' broadcast. Rutledge signed an extension earlier this year, and she will continue to host 'NFL Live' and the Saturday morning show, 'SEC Nation.' The second ESPN crew also is gaining a pair of permanent sideline reporters -- Peter Schrager, previously a sideline reporter with Fox and NFL Network, and Katie George, who has been a top ESPN and ABC college football sideline reporter. They are joining the team of Chris Fowler, Dan Orlovsky and Louis Riddick on weeks when there are two Monday night games. ESPN is beginning to put all of its pieces in place as it prepares to host its first Super Bowl -- Super Bowl LXI on Feb. 14, 2027. The 'Monday Night Football' season kicks off Sept. 8 when the Minnesota Vikings meet the Bears in Chicago, with the Buck-Aikman crew on the call. Both broadcast teams will be in action on Sept. 15, when the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Houston Texans play the early game, followed by the Los Angeles Chargers and the Las Vegas Raiders. Field Level Media 2025 - All Rights Reserved
Daily Mail
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Glamorous ESPN reporter given huge promotion ahead of new NFL season
ESPN's Laura Rutledge is adding an extra duty onto her plate in the fall as her football season is set to get just a bit longer. Rutledge, who is the host of the network's daily pro football show 'NFL Live', is set to make a move to the sidelines for 'Monday Night Football' each week. She will be joining Lisa Salters - who recently got a contract extension - for all 20 games the network will broadcast this season. They'll work alongside the No. 1 team of Joe Buck and Troy Aikman. This would include 17 games on MNF, one of the games in a Week 18 double-header, a wild-card game, and a divisional-round game. Rutledge told The Athletic, ''Monday Night Football' is the pinnacle and it's always been a dream of mine. 'I still get chills every time I hear the 'MNF' music. Really excited to continue to work as hard as possible to earn this role.' Rutledge, age 36, will still keep her roles as the host of 'NFL Live' and 'SEC Nation' The 36-year-old Rutledge, who has previously won Miss Florida, worked a few games as a second sideline reporter for MNF in the past. She also gave plenty of credit to Salters for her help to grow her skillset. 'To even see my name next to Lisa Salters, is an honor,' Rutledge said in a 2024 ESPN Front Row profile. 'For years now, she has been such a wonderful mentor and friend to me.' Rutledge is now on track to be on the sidelines when ESPN broadcasts Super Bowl LXI in 2027 from SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California. It's set to be the first time that ESPN will ever broadcast the Super Bowl. In addition to the promotion, Rutledge will still host 'NFL Live' as well as 'SEC Nation' on Saturday mornings prior to each week's college football slate.
Reuters
6 days ago
- Sport
- Reuters
ESPN adds second sideline reporter to 'MNF' teams
August 12 - ESPN is adding a second voice to its "Monday Night Football" broadcast teams for the 2025 season. The network said Tuesday that longtime NFL studio host and reporter Laura Rutledge will join Lisa Salters on the sidelines for all 20 games that feature Joe Buck and Troy Aikman in the booth. ESPN also announced a contract extension for Salters, who has been with ESPN and ABC since 2000 and will enter her 14th season on the "Monday Night Football" broadcast. Rutledge signed an extension earlier this year, and she will continue to host "NFL Live" and the Saturday morning show, "SEC Nation." The second ESPN crew also is gaining a pair of permanent sideline reporters -- Peter Schrager, previously a sideline reporter with Fox and NFL Network, and Katie George, who has been a top ESPN and ABC college football sideline reporter. They are joining the team of Chris Fowler, Dan Orlovsky and Louis Riddick on weeks when there are two Monday night games. ESPN is beginning to put all of its pieces in place as it prepares to host its first Super Bowl -- Super Bowl LXI on Feb. 14, 2027. The "Monday Night Football" season kicks off Sept. 8 when the Minnesota Vikings meet the Bears in Chicago, with the Buck-Aikman crew on the call. Both broadcast teams will be in action on Sept. 15, when the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Houston Texans play the early game, followed by the Los Angeles Chargers and the Las Vegas Raiders. --Field Level Media
New York Times
7 days ago
- Entertainment
- New York Times
Laura Rutledge elevated to ESPN's lead ‘Monday Night Football' broadcast team
ESPN's 'Monday Night Football' will have a new look on its sidelines this season — longtime NFL host and reporter Laura Rutledge will join Lisa Salters as a permanent sideline reporter for all 20 Monday Night Football games that the top team of Joe Buck, Troy Aikman and Salters will call this season. Advertisement The move sets up the on-air talent roster for what will be ESPN's most important live broadcast ever: Super Bowl LXI on February 14, 2027, the company's first-ever Super Bowl broadcast. Rutledge said on Tuesday that her 'NFL Live' duties will remain the same. Her Monday NFL Live show (3-5 p.m. ET) will now air from the site of Monday Night Football. She will continue hosting the show from the Bristol-based studio for the other days of the week. 'Monday Night Football is the pinnacle and it's always been a dream of mine,' Rutledge said. 'I still get chills every time I hear the MNF music. Really excited to continue to work as hard as possible to earn this role.' In an additional move, ESPN has added Katie George and Peter Schrager to its game coverage. George and Schrager will join Chris Fowler, Dan Orlovsky and Louis Riddick for five games, including the four weeks Monday Night Football has multiple games (Weeks 2, 4, 6 and 7). They will also be working a doubleheader Saturday in Week 18. George makes her NFL debut in Week 2 of the season. George now has assignments in the NFL, NBA and college football for ESPN. It seems clear management is setting her up for an extended run in these sports. ESPN also announced they have extended the contract of Salters, who is set to enter her 14th season and has been a reporter for ESPN and ABC since 2000. Rutledge signed a contract extension earlier this year and told The Athletic prior to her extension that her hope was to be on more big events. Today's news lands her on ESPN's most important property. 'One of the things that has become most important is just being on the biggest events, on the biggest games, hosting, reporting, doing whatever is asked, which I do,' Rutledge told The Athletic then. 'I enjoy being at those big events and being a part of that and also being a daily presence. So wherever that can happen, that's what's important to me. … This place has meant a lot to me. I've been here since I was 25, and I'm 35 now. It's almost 10 years, and it has gone by in seemingly a blink of an eye.' Spot the pattern. Connect the terms Find the hidden link between sports terms Play today's puzzle
Yahoo
25-06-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Tyrese Haliburton Achilles injury: Father gives update on Pacers star
Tyrese Haliburton was ruled out quickly by the Pacers after suffering a scary lower right leg injury in Game 7 of the NBA Finals. The team gave no further update on their star guard in the aftermath of the injury, but ESPN reporter Lisa Salters got more clarity about the injury from Haliburton's father John on Sunday night. 'Mr Haliburton confirmed it was an Achilles injury,' Salters said. 'He said Tyrese is doing as well as he can be under the circumstances. The entire family is back there with him, his mom, his dad, his brother. He said he seems to be in good spirits. He's watching the game and trying to root on his team from back in the locker room.' Advertisement Many injury analysts on social media suspect that Haliburton suffered a torn achilles after he collapsed to the ground on the play seven minutes into the game. Haliburton had erupted for nine points in those opening minutes, knocking down three 3s while playing through a calf strain that he suffered in Game 5 of the NBA Finals. Haliburton reportedly would have been sidelined for multiple weeks with the calf strain if it occurred during the regular season. He did play through the injury in Game 6 without suffering a setback before his leg gave out in the first quarter of Game 7. If Haliburton is diagnosed with an Achilles tear, he will become the third star player in the Eastern Conference to suffer the injury during the postseason over the last two months. Damian Lillard suffered the injury in the Bucks' first round series against the Pacers. Jayson Tatum also went down with an Achilles tear in Game 4 of the Celtics' loss to the Knicks last month. Kevin Durant also suffered an Achilles tear while playing through a calf strain in Game 5 of the 2019 NBA Finals. More Celtics content Read the original article on MassLive.
