Report: Ray Lewis to join ESPN
Ray Lewis is a 12-time Pro Bowl linebacker. (AP photo)
It didn’t take Ray Lewis long to find a new job.
SI.com is reporting that the veteran Ravens linebacker, who announced this week that he will retire after this year’s playoffs, will join ESPN.
Multiple sources told SI.com the Ravens linebacker is close to signing a multi-year contract with the network. At ESPN, Lewis is expected to have a significant role on the network’s Monday Night Countdown program. As with most ESPN NFL talent, Lewis would also be featured on multiple platforms, including ESPN Radio.
No formal announcement from Lewis or the network is expected until the conclusion of the Ravens season. Lewis announced Wednesday that he planned to retire at the end of Baltimore’s season. The Ravens host the Colts on Sunday in the AFC WIld Card round.
An ESPN spokesperson declined comment when contacted Thursday morning.
Lewis, 37, is a 13-time Pro Bowl linebacker who has played 17 seasons in the NFL, all of them with the Ravens. He was the Super Bowl MVP in 2001, when the Ravens defeated the New York Giants.
Atlanta fans remember Lewis for less glamorous reasons.
He was embroiled in a murder investigation after someone in his entourage allegedly stabbed two men to death in Buckhead after the 2000 Super Bowl in Atlanta.
Months later, a judge approved a deal allowing Lewis to avoid murder charges by pleading guilty to a misdemeanor obstruction charge and testifying against two co-defendants.
He was put on probation for one year and fined $250,000 by the NFL. The co-defendants were acquitted by a Fulton County jury.
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Just Saying
January 3rd, 2013
3:39 pm
I got a autographed copy of Django signed by Louis Farrankan for all of good Southern Gentleman. LOL
fan of the abnormal
January 3rd, 2013
4:02 pm
I still remember the flyers hangin up in Miami after the trial. It was a split image that said “Look whos talking” (With Ray raising his right hand in court taking an oath before testifying)& “Look whos walking” & it had Sweeting & Oakley with the biggest kool aid grins…
At the end of the day, the Judicial System did run it’s course & we must have faith in that process- as flawed as it may be.
I will watch Ray, because he beat the system or it worked in his favor- either way “Full faith & Creidt Clause” of the Constitution says we gotta adhere to the Courts ruling. I’l watch him cus I love football & he will have valid input. Let’s just try to stop Black on Black Crime & Bring Black on Black Shine back like it used to be— with no violence!
fan of the abnormal
January 3rd, 2013
4:03 pm
*Credit… i know how you guys crucify typos like its really indicative of intellect
TPM
January 3rd, 2013
4:04 pm
Ray Lewis reminded me a lot of Keith Brooking. They both celebrated after making routine tackles that resulted in positive yardage.
They Mad
January 3rd, 2013
4:08 pm
Many of your founding fathers owned slaves and/or presided over the enslavement of a whole race, yet you praise them…..btw, PRESIDENT OBAMA re-inauguration Jan 21st …. please be sure to watch.
KARL
January 3rd, 2013
4:10 pm
Ray Lewis was WRONGFULLY accused of Double Murder, because some people who were NOT closely associated w/ him, murdered two people, yet HE was the bigger fish! Every week, there are stories of African-American males exonnerated & released from prison, because they were WRONGFULLY ACCUSED by some overzealous prosecutor, or some terrified white woman, who loves Black men, yet screams RAPE, when found out!! We’ve been playing this game for centuries!!!
Forget Ray Lewis……..How about That O.J?!!
SHAWEET!!!
Dwayne Rogers
January 3rd, 2013
4:12 pm
Why is everyone trashing ESPN. he was never fired by Baltimore and where were these offended people during his Raven employment? It is awful that he was involved in any capacity. But the system ran it’s course and he was never on trial for murder or alleged to have done so, so why the venom now?