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FOX hires Ray Lewis
Posted by Mike Florio on June 20, 2017
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Eventual Hall of Famer Ray Lewis hasn’t had immediate success in broadcasting. His second chance to stick in the business will come via FOX.
Lewis joined ESPN in 2013 amid great fanfare, but things never really clicked for him there. After three seasons, ESPN opted to move on.
He won a pair of Super Bowls in a lengthy career with the Ravens, where he arrived as a first-rounder in 1996 and remained through 2012. His first Super Bowl win to cap the season after Lewis faced double murder charges in Atlanta arising from an incident that happened after Super Bowl XXXIV.
He later pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice, and the league fined him $250,000. (Lewis wasn’t suspended by then-Commissioner Paul Tagliabue, an outcome that would never occur if the same set of facts unfolded in today’s NFL.)
Lewis, who likely will be voted into the Hall of Fame in 2018 (his first year of eligibility), will appear on various different FOX shows.
http://www.sportingnews.com/nfl/new...-ravens-nfl-career/1lzriasp8b7ya1si4otzgomgoi
Lewis will be the latest former ESPNer to join Fox, following Bayless, Cowherd, Whitlock, Carter and sideline reporter Erin Andrews.
The Ravens linebacker had a rocky three-year TV stint with ESPN following his retirement in 2013. Hired with great fanfare, Lewis was given prominent roles on "Monday Night Countdown," "SportsCenter" and other shows.
But Lewis never seemed comfortable at ESPN. He and Cris Carter were let go by ESPN during a TV talent shakeup in 2016.
FOX hires Ray Lewis
Posted by Mike Florio on June 20, 2017
Eventual Hall of Famer Ray Lewis hasn’t had immediate success in broadcasting. His second chance to stick in the business will come via FOX.
Lewis joined ESPN in 2013 amid great fanfare, but things never really clicked for him there. After three seasons, ESPN opted to move on.
He won a pair of Super Bowls in a lengthy career with the Ravens, where he arrived as a first-rounder in 1996 and remained through 2012. His first Super Bowl win to cap the season after Lewis faced double murder charges in Atlanta arising from an incident that happened after Super Bowl XXXIV.
He later pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice, and the league fined him $250,000. (Lewis wasn’t suspended by then-Commissioner Paul Tagliabue, an outcome that would never occur if the same set of facts unfolded in today’s NFL.)
Lewis, who likely will be voted into the Hall of Fame in 2018 (his first year of eligibility), will appear on various different FOX shows.
http://www.sportingnews.com/nfl/new...-ravens-nfl-career/1lzriasp8b7ya1si4otzgomgoi
Lewis will be the latest former ESPNer to join Fox, following Bayless, Cowherd, Whitlock, Carter and sideline reporter Erin Andrews.
The Ravens linebacker had a rocky three-year TV stint with ESPN following his retirement in 2013. Hired with great fanfare, Lewis was given prominent roles on "Monday Night Countdown," "SportsCenter" and other shows.
But Lewis never seemed comfortable at ESPN. He and Cris Carter were let go by ESPN during a TV talent shakeup in 2016.