ESPN radio host, television personality and analyst Mike Golic Jr. has announced today via his Twitter account that he will be leaving ESPN.
- Golic Jr. announced on his Twitter account today that yesterday was his final day with ESPN.
- SI reports that the news comes after Barrett Sports Media released an ESPN memo stating that Golic Jr. is no longer part of the network’s daily radio lineup:
- We would like to inform you that as of Tuesday, February 8, 2022, Mike Golic, Jr. will no longer be a part of the ESPN Radio Network lineup. In the interim, our 3-7P ET timeslot will become ‘ESPN Radio Afternoons’, with host Chris Canty joined by an ensemble of co-hosts. A formal announcement regarding our plans for this timeslot moving forward will be announced soon.
- Golic Jr. joined ESPN Radio in 2015, working with his father on the long-running Mike & Mike.
- Mike Golic Sr. left ESPN in 2020 after 20 years with the network.
- Golic Jr. has also worked as an analyst on several ESPN programs and has called college football and lacrosse games.
- He was added to the daily ESPN Radio lineup in 2020 as a co-host of a show with WNBA star Chiney Ogwumike.
- Golic Jr. has not yet announced what he will be doing after leaving ESPN.