| The Sports Reporters | |
|---|---|
| Starring | Gary Thorne (1988) Dick Schaap (1988–2001) John Saunders (2001–2016) Mike Lupica (2016–2017) |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Production | |
| Production locations | Manhattan (1988–2010) Bristol, Connecticut (2010–2017) |
| Running time | 30 min. |
| Original release | |
| Network | ESPN (1988–2017) Compass Media Networks (podcast, 2017–2022) |
| Release | October 2, 1988 – May 7, 2017 |
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The Sports Reporters was a sports talk show that aired on ESPN at 9:30 a.m. ET every Sunday morning (and replayed at 10:30 a.m. ET the same day on ESPN2 and 11:30 AM on ESPNews). It featured a roundtable discussion among four sports media personalities, with one regular host and three rotating guests. The show began in 1988, patterned to some extent after the Chicago-based syndicated show called Sportswriters on TV.
The show was originally broadcast from a studio in Manhattan,[1] and from 1999 to 2010 it was recorded at the ESPN Zone at Times Square in Manhattan before it closed. It then moved to Bristol, Connecticut at the main ESPN studios, where it stayed until the end of its run. On January 23, 2017, ESPN announced its planned cancellation,[2] following the death of host John Saunders.[3] The final episode aired May 7, 2017. The show would return in the form of a podcast in September 2017, which was produced by Compass Media Networks until March 2022.