Departing ESPN ‘SportsCenter’ anchor John Anderson announces new job
NY Post
Longtime ESPN “SportsCenter” anchor John Anderson is taking his talents to academia.
Anderson, whose final show after 25 years at ESPN is this Friday, announced that he will be joining the faculty at his alma mater, the University of Missouri.
“Why wouldn’t you want to go play for the Yankees?” Anderson told Mizzou communications staffer Austin Fitzgerald in a release. “That’s what Mizzou is. If you’re going to go play, why not go play for the team with all the world titles? I could not have thought of a better post-ESPN landing spot.”
Anderson, who graduated from the school in 1987, will be fulfilling the Leonard H. Goldenson Endowed Chair in Radio and Television Journalism.
He credits Mizzou for teaching him the foundational elements of broadcasting that he still utilizes today.
“When I go in tonight and do the show, something that I learned at that campus will show up in the broadcast in some way, shape or form,” Anderson said.
