Linda Cohn Credit: ‘The Linda Cohn Show’
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Linda Cohn hosted over 5,500 SportsCenter episodes, an all-time record, over her legendary 34-year ESPN career. Cohn retired from ESPN and SportsCenter in June, making her final appearance on June 26.

Come July 20, Cohn premiered her eponymous, independent podcast on YouTube. While The Linda Cohn Show has a long way to go before sniffing 5,500 episodes, the episodes released so far have resonated with her audience. And now, Cohn is taking the show and its 36,400 subscribers to the Bleav podcast network.

Ryan Glasspiegel of Front Office Sports exclusively broke the news Wednesday night.

“When I decided to start this show, I wanted a platform where I could be me,” Cohn told Front Office Sports. “And that’s why my hashtag was total freedom. That’s something I did not have at ESPN. Nobody has that when you work for a big company like that. It doesn’t matter what you do for a living.”

Later, Cohn spoke to her new Bleav partnership specifically.

“With a network like that, I’m able to grow with leaps and bounds, and I plan to because I am all in on this because I’m just so excited about it,” Cohn said. “If I wasn’t getting the feedback that I have been from the people that have subscribed to my channel and from people on social media, [who are commenting], ‘This is great what you’re saying…,’ then I would have thought twice about it.

“But everyones saying, ‘Keep doing this. Have no fear. Don’t worry about the haters. Keep speaking from your heart. Go with your gut.’ My favorite is, ‘You are saying what we are thinking.’ I can’t tell you how many times I’ve seen that written in the comments.”

Since departing ESPN, Cohn has been extremely outspoken about a wide range of topics, including her former employer and its “lovefest” with Pat McAfee. That won’t change now that she’s joining Bleav’s robust podcast roster. The only change, according to Front Office Sports, is an expansion into audio platforms.

The Linda Cohn Show is live every Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday on YouTube at 11 p.m. ET.

About Megan Armstrong

Since first getting published as a student by the Kansas City Star in 2013, Megan Armstrong has gone wherever curiosity and stories have taken her, specializing in sports, media, music, and culture coverage. She also has an extensive background in interviewing and profiling public figures. Her work has appeared in Billboard, Boardroom, Bleacher Report, Esquire, GQ, GRAMMY.com, NYLON, Newsweek, Teen Vogue, The Hollywood Reporter, UPROXX, and elsewhere.

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