Several months ago, it was reported that Scott Van Pelt and the midnight edition of ESPN Sports center would take a big step soon.
After several months of continuing to host the show at ESPN headquarters in Bristol, it is officially on the move. During last night’s SportsCenter edition, Van Pelt announced that he was moving his show to Washington, DC near his native Maryland.
Van Pelt praised Bristol as the place where he met his wife, raised his children and made meaningful connections in the sports industry. He concluded by announcing that his broadcast in Washington DC will debut in August.
“You stay somewhere for a third of your life and the process of extracting yourself from this place reveals that the roots are much deeper than you would have imagined,” he said. “Saying so long has been much sadder than I would have imagined because I have never considered doing it … Look at any interview I do and it takes twice as long to tell the meet again …”
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In January Van Pelt said Sports Business Daily that he wanted to return to Maryland to be closer to home, where his friends and beloved Maryland Terrapins are.
“This is our home,” said Van Pelt. “These are my friends, these are the Terps, it’s just where I come from. I never imagined that there would be a path there because I work at ESPN and I am happy here. “
Good luck in the new excavations, please!
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