Michelle Beadle has signed a new, multi-year deal with ESPN. She’ll continue to co-host SportsNation with Max Kellerman and Marcellus Wiley. But beginning Feb. 8, the show will move from ESPN2 to flagship ESPN, where it will air in the 4 p.m. slot, essentially kicking off ESPN’s afternoon talk slate of Highly Questionable at 4:30 p.m., Around the Horn at 5 p.m. and Pardon the Interruption at 5:30 p.m.
Additionally, Beadle will join Ramona Shelburne – ESPN senior writer and SportsNation and espnW contributor –for a new national radio show. Beadle & Shelburne will premiere Feb. 14, airing from noon to 2 p.m. ET from ESPN LA 710’s Los Angeles studios.
“I feel genuinely fortunate to work with so many friends and talented people at ESPN, who make every day such fun,” Beadle said in a statement. “I think that joy is evident to our viewers, and why I am particularly excited to be here for the next several years.”
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