The final ESPN air date learns 'around the horn' after two decades

The long -term ESPN debat show will be unsubscribed on May 23, the network announced on Tuesday.

The last episode is broadcast shortly before the Memorial Day Weekend. A 30-minute edition of “SportsCenter” takes its place until ESPN can find a more permanent replacement, reported Front Office Sports.

Former Postal Media author Ryan Glaspiegel reported in July that ESPN managers think about the future of the show and broke the news in November that the show actually came to an end.

“Round The Horn has more than two decades remarkable,” said David Roberts, Executive Vice President of ESPN, Executive Editor from Sports News and Entertainment. “This type of longevity in the media is incredibly rare and we look forward to celebrating the many services of the show before the final department in May.”

“Beyond Tony [Reali] And the ensemble of on-air miters, we are particularly grateful to the production team, which were led by Erik Rydholm and Aaron Solomon, who were involved in the consistent success of ATH from the start. “

It has been in the air waves since November 4, 2002 and replaces the “untried” hosted by Chris Connelly and has now produced more than 4,900 episodes.

Max Kellerman organized the show in the first two years before Reali took over in 2004 after Kellerman organized the show “I, Max” in the former Fox Sports Net.

The format of “ATH”, which is broadcast in ET Hour from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. before “forgiveness of the interruption”, contains a rotating list of discussion participants from sports media that take part in competitions to get points for the best income against a specific sports topic.

The list of discussion participants who have become main supports over the years were Bob Ryan, Woody Paige, Tim Cowlishaw, Kevin Blackistone, yes Adande and Bill Plaschke.

Popular names such as Jemele Hill, Pablo Torre, Bomani Jones and Ramona Shelburne were also regular guests on the show about his term.