Sports Reporters
| 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 | |
| Location(s) |
Manhattan (1988–2010) Bristol, Connecticut (2010–2017) |
| Running time | 30 min. |
| Release | |
| Original network | ESPN (1988–2017) |
| Original release | 1988 – May 7, 2017 |
The Sports Reporters is 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 was broadcast from Bristol, Connecticut at the main ESPN studios. However, before 1999, it was broadcast from a studio in Manhattan. and from 1999-2010 it was recorded at the ESPN Zone at Times Square in Manhattan before it closed. The format of the show was 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. ESPN Deportes, ESPN Latin America and ESPN Brasil may launch Spanish-language and Portuguese-language versions of the show in the future.
On January 23, 2017, ESPN announced that it would be cancelling the show.
The Sports Reporters first aired in 1988 and was originally hosted by Gary Thorne, who was replaced by Dick Schaap later that year. Following Schaap's death in 2001, he was replaced by John Saunders, who hosted it until his own death in 2016.
The first year featured four rotating panelists, but since then there have been three rotating panel members. Regular panelists included Mike Lupica of the New York Daily News, John Feinstein of the Washington Post, Mitch Albom of the Detroit Free Press, Michael Wilbon also from the Washington Post, Bob Ryan of the Boston Globe, William C. Rhoden of The New York Times and Stephen A. Smith of ESPN.
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