ESPN Front Row

As ESPN continues its toward its first Super Bowl broadcast in 2027, there’s no shortage of work happening behind the scenes to help bring the milestone event to life. Inside Access: Road to Super Bowl LXI offers a closer look at some of the employees contributing to that effort.

From the NBA sidelines to the Men’s College World Series desk and everything in between, Alyssa Lang has been a fixture across a multitude of ESPN properties in 2026. She discusses her schedule over the last few months and how she preps for the range of events she covers. Over the last few months, you have covered a multitude of events from NBA to our diamond sports championships and so much in between. Walk us through what that has been like for you. The last few months have been a dream.

EDITOR’S NOTE: Once again this summer, Front Row’s Intern Chronicles series showcases some of ESPN’s summer interns. For more information on ESPN Internships, visit the Disney Careers site. From Bristol to Los Angeles and beyond, these former ESPN interns reflect on how their time with the company helped shape their careers and set the foundation for where they are today. As an intern, Sanders made a sizzle reel for espn.com highlighting quarterback Baker Mayfield’s Oklahoma career.

ESPN’s 2025-26 college sports campaign celebrated another record year, showcasing the breadth of its industry-leading portfolio by combining record championship coverage, growing viewership engagement and continued innovation across networks. Together, these milestones reflect an impressive year of evolution and impact for ESPN’s college sports coverage — one defined by growth, innovation and an enduring commitment to serving sports fans anytime, anywhere.

Ohio State head football coach Ryan Day (L) and Davis hit tennis balls together on campus in July 2025. (ESPN) Award-winning broadcaster and College GameDay host Rece Davis has built a career on embracing big moments and new opportunities throughout his three decades at ESPN. The firsts are fewer and farther between, but Davis celebrates another milestone in his storied career as he is in London to cover Wimbledon, marking his first-ever tennis assignment.

Today, ESPN premiered an investigation eight years in the making. Behind Argentina’s success as the reigning World Cup champion is a system that relies on thousands of vulnerable children. ESPN’s The Dream Factory exposes the exploitation, sexual predation and neglect that runs through Argentina’s soccer pipeline, by tracing one player’s extraordinary journey.

Linda Cohn, who has hosted more editions of SportsCenter than any other anchor in ESPN history, will be retiring from ESPN on June 30. She will make her final appearance on the program in three editions airing Friday night. Front Row looks back at her ESPN career in photos. WELCOME TO THE SHOW: IN HER FIRST SPORTSCENTER ON JULY 11, 1993, AT 2 A.M. ET, LINDA COHN CO-ANCHORED WITH CHRIS MYERS. VIDEO ON SET WITH RAVECH: COHN AND KARL RAVECH ON THE SPORTSCENTER SET ON AUGUST 27, 1999.

EDITOR’S NOTE: Rosalyn Durant is Executive Vice President, Programming & Acquisitions, leading programming, media rights deals, ESPN+, Andscape and espnW. In this post for Front Row, she explains ESPN’s Direct To Consumer programming approach regarding Wimbledon. ESPN presents “first ball to last ball” coverage of the Championships, Wimbledon beginning Monday, June 29 through Sunday, July 12. At ESPN, our goal is always to give fans the best possible experience around the sports they love.

The Rhoden Fellows covered the NBA draft in Brooklyn this week: (L-R) Bradmond-Lee Harewood, Autumn Haddox, Morgan Traylor and Joshua Bass.(William Rhoden/ESPN) EDITOR’S NOTE: Once again this summer, Front Row’s Intern Chronicles series showcases some of ESPN’s summer interns. For more information on ESPN Internships, visit the Disney Careers site. The Rhoden Fellowship, founded by Andscape editor-at-large and former New York Times columnist William C.

ESPN Music’s Claude Mitchell: “We’ve worked with an amazing array of creators who have collaborated with artists including Beyoncé, Ozzy Osbourne, Guns N’ Roses, The Replacements, Travis Scott, Fetty Wap, Sugarland and The Crystal Method.” (ESPN) For more than two decades, Scoreboard Music has helped define the sound of ESPN storytelling.