Taylor McGregor, a Chicago Cubs reporter for Marquee Sports Network for the past seven years, announced today that she is leaving her post at Wrigley Field.
McGregor shared the news on Marquee’s broadcast of the Marlins-Cubs game on Thursday alongside Jon “Boog” Sciambi and Jim Deshaies.
An emotional Taylor McGregor announces that she’s leaving her role as a Cubs reporter at Marquee Sports Network to work at ESPN full time. pic.twitter.com/ernfrA8Q5G
— Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) September 24, 2026
McGregor is leaving Marquee for a full-time role at ESPN, where she has been a rising star as a reporter, particularly on its college football coverage. She has landed on one of the College Football Playoff broadcast crews in each of the past two seasons with the expanded format, and she most recently made headlines with her phenomenal real-time reporting during the power outage that plagued the SMU-Florida State game on Labor Day weekend.
An emotional McGregor thanked the fans and her Marquee colleagues during her final broadcast on the network.
“This has been the ride of a lifetime. This is my seventh season with the Cubs and every day was a joy,” McGregor said. “And it was a really hard decision to come to this, but ultimately I just felt like it was the best move for me personally, and everything I want both professionally and personally. So I have loved my time in Chicago, and to everybody who watched our broadcast every single night, I just want to say thank you. Thank you for welcoming me into your living room. When I started, I was a very green reporter with a lot blonder hair, and I feel like I’ve kind of grown up on the air here at Marquee. …I’m really thankful to you two (Sciambi and Dsehaies), you guys both know how much I love you, everybody in the truck, Nick Steger and Colin Faulkner who have been supportive of me. I mean, I could shout out everybody but I’m going to say Mike Leary and Mike Fox, I love you guys. This has just been an amazing seven years and I love all of you guys.”
To accompany her on-air signoff, McGregor posted a three-page statement on social media thanking additional colleagues as well as the fans and city of Chicago.
Forever grateful. Thank you @Cubs + @WatchMarquee. pic.twitter.com/XUw3vFfUdL
— Taylor McGregor (@Taylor_McGregor) September 24, 2026
Earlier this year, McGregor was tied to Netflix as a possible sideline reporter for the streamer’s fledgling sports division. It’s unclear whether her full-time role at ESPN would preclude her from such assignments if they did come to fruition.
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