This year marks the fifth anniversary of FS1, or The Network Formerly Known As Fox Sports One, The One For Fun. The network’s timeline saw rumors about the conversion of Speed and Fuel into general-sports channels as early as January 2013, but things really kicked up around May’s upfronts when their programming schedule was announced and hires started rolling in ahead of August’s launch.
Five years later, though, the network’s personnel lineup looks very different. Similar to our examination of where former ESPNers have headed following their April 2017 layoffs, here’s a look at many of the employees who joined Fox Sports 1 ahead of or around the 2013 launch, and where they are now.
Out of TV
Ryan Nece
Then: NFL analyst
Now: Fellow at Aspen Institute Business and Society Program, managing partner at Next Play Capital, chairman of his foundation
Brian Urlacher
Then: NFL analyst
Now: Restore Hair spokesperson
Scott Fujita
Then: NFL analyst
Now: Board member and associate director with Team Gleason, producer on Gleason
Georgie Thompson
Then: Crowd Goes Wild host
Now: Occasional UK TV appearances, married to famed sailor Sir Ben Ainslie
Clay Travis
Then: college football analyst
Now: Fox Sports Radio host
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkD-TxBf6Xs
Regis Philbin
Then: Crowd Goes Wild host
Now: Retired, spending time with family
Jason Gay
Then: Crowd Goes Wild panelist
Now (and then): Wall Street Journal columnist
Gabe Kapler
Then: MLB analyst
Now: Philadelphia Phillies manager
Donovan McNabb
Then: Fox Sports Live panelist
Now: Looking for his next opportunity after stints at ESPN, NFL Network, and ESPN Radio
Andy Roddick
Then: Fox Sports Live panelist
Now: Has had some BBC commentary stints, now runs his foundation and mocks Kanye and Skip Bayless on Twitter
Gary Payton
Then: Fox Sports Live panelist
Now: Working on getting the Sonics back to Seattle, has written for The Players’ Tribune, and done weekly NFL picks
Eddie George
Then: college football analyst
Now: Broadway star in Chicago
Greg Norman
Then: golf analyst
Now (and then): chairman and CEO of the Greg Norman Company, covering everything from golf course design to apparel to beef and water parks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YaLHJeuVe4
Michael Kosta
Then: Crowd Goes Wild panelist
Now: stand-up comedian, podcaster, Daily Show correspondent
Trevor Pryce
Then: Crowd Goes Wild panelist
Now: Author of young adult fiction, creator/producer of Netflix animated series Kulipari: An Army of Frogs (second season coming this fall) based on his books
Julie Stewart-Binks
Then: Fox Soccer Daily host, update anchor, MLS sideline reporter
Now: searching for next opportunity after stints at ESPN and Barstool Sports
Danielle Trotta
Then: NASCAR Race Hub co-host
Now: Host and reporter for Sirius XM NASCAR coverage
Ben Teller
Then: Production assistant, social media producer, social media manager, Jay and Dan Podcast figure
Now: Business development manager at Onward Search
At non-sports TV networks
Coy Wire
Then: NFL analyst
Now: CNN analyst, often focused on sports
Don Bell
Then: update anchor and fill-in host
Now: sports director at CBS 3 Philadelphia
Ryan Field
Then: update anchor and fill-in host
Now: sports anchor on New York’s WABC
Jobs at other sports TV networks
Randy Moss
Then: NFL analyst
Now: ESPN NFL analyst
Brian McBride
Then: soccer analyst
Now: ESPN FC analyst, co-founder and Chief Experience Officer at Tipevo, president of his soccer academy
Molly Qerim
Then: UFC reporter
Now: ESPN First Take host
Jay Onrait
Then: Fox Sports Live host
Now: TSN SportsCentre host
Dan O’Toole
Then: Fox Sports Live host
Now: TSN SportsCentre host
Ariel Helwani
Then: UFC insider
Now: Recently hired by ESPN as reporter, podcaster, ESPN+ show host after a long stint with SBNation
Katie Nolan
Then: Crowd Goes Wild social media correspondent
Now: ESPN podcaster and digital host
Molly McGrath
Then: college basketball and football sideline reporter
Now: ESPN college basketball and football sideline reporter
At digital media outlets
Pat Muldowney
Then: senior manager, social media, Jay and Dan Podcast figure
Now: director, social content for The Ringer
Mike Botticello
Then: digital content producer, Jay and Dan Podcast figure
Now: producer at Complex
Still at Fox in some capacity
Ephraim Salaam
Then: NFL analyst, sitcom creator
Now: NFL analyst, weekend radio host, also produces movies like Traffik through Hidden Empire Film Group
Joel Klatt
Then: college football analyst
Now: college football game analyst
Petros Papadakis
Then: college football analyst
Now: college football analyst
Dave Wannstedt
Then: college football analyst
Now: college football analyst
Mike Pereira
Then: NFL, college football analyst, officiating guru
Now: NFL, college football analyst, officiating guru
Gus Johnson
Then: college football, college basketball play-by-play broadcaster
Now: college football, college basketball play-by-play broadcaster
Ronde Barber
Then: NFL analyst
Now: NFL game analyst
Eric Wynalda
Then: soccer analyst
Now: soccer analyst (hasn’t returned to air since failed bid for US Soccer presidency)
Rob Stone
Then: soccer, college football, college basketball studio host
Now: soccer, college football, college basketball studio host
Warren Barton
Then: soccer analyst
Now: soccer analyst
