Pat McAfee has officially surpassed Stephen A Smith as the Face of ESPN
Pat McAfee is officially the face of ESPN.On Wednesday, the network announced that McAfee will join its "Monday Night Football" pregame show this season and host his daily program live from the site of the matchup. The move also positions McAfee to serve as a main analyst on ESPN's pregame and halftime coverage of the network's first Super Bowl broadcast in February.McAfee will continue his role on "College GameDay." In doing so, he will become the first ESPN personality to work both "GameDay" and "Monday Night Countdown," the network's two most important live shoulder programs.Further, ESPN and McAfee are in discussions to renew his current agreement with the network for around $60 million a year, sources confirm to OutKick.JOSH PATE WAS EVICTED WHILE EARNING $27K.
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Pat McAfee is officially the face of ESPN.On Wednesday, the network announced that McAfee will join its "Monday Night Football" pregame show this season and host his daily program live from the site of the matchup. The move also positions McAfee to serve as a main analyst on ESPN's pregame and halftime coverage of the network's first Super Bowl broadcast in February.McAfee will continue his role on "College GameDay." In doing so, he will become the first ESPN personality to work both "GameDay" and "Monday Night Countdown," the network's two most important live shoulder programs.Further, ESPN and McAfee are in discussions to renew his current agreement with the network for around $60 million a year, sources confirm to OutKick.JOSH PATE WAS EVICTED WHILE EARNING $27K. NOW, HE RUNS A COLLEGE FOOTBALL MEDIA EMPIREFor much of the past decade, Stephen A. Smith held the unofficial but consensus title of "face of ESPN," just as Chris Berman did before him.
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- Pat McAfee is officially the face of ESPN.On Wednesday, the network announced that McAfee will join its "Monday Night Football" pregame show this season and host his daily program live from the site of the matchup. The move also positions McAfee to serve as a main analyst on ESPN's pregame and halftime coverage of the network's first Super Bowl broadcast in February.McAfee will continue his role on "College GameDay." In doing so, he will become the first ESPN personality to work both "GameDay" and "Monday Night Countdown," the network's two most important live shoulder programs.Further, ESPN and McAfee are in discussions to renew his current agreement with the network for around $60 million a year, sources confirm to OutKick.JOSH PATE WAS EVICTED WHILE EARNING $27K.
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