ESPN is set to name Mike Greenberg as the new host of "Sunday NFL Countdown," The Athletic reported Tuesday.
Greenberg will replace Samantha Ponder, who made a reported $1 million to host the once-a-week show from September through mid-February.
The 57-year-old Greenberg is among the longest-running on-air faces at ESPN today. He started at the company in 1996 as one of the first anchors of ESPNews. He eventually transferred to SportsCenter while co-hosting the popular Mike & Mike show on weekday mornings on ESPN Radio from 2000-17.
The end of that show catapulted a bigger rise for Greenberg, who now seemingly trails only Stephen A. Smith for weekly airtime. He's the founding host of Get Up!, a weekday morning show on ESPN, while also hosting Greeny on ESPN Radio (although he doesn't appear on radio as much as the name implies.)
He hosted NBA Countdown for a year before pivoting to the NFL, where he's played quarterback on the network's NFL Draft coverage since 2021.
Satisfied with his handling of that crown-jewel event for the network, ESPN has been steadily beefing up its NFL coverage ahead of hosting the ultimate crown-jewel of television -- the Super Bowl -- at the end of the 2026 season.
Executives chose Greenberg over Laura Rutledge, who anchors the daily NFL Live while also splitting time on SEC Network.
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