BREAKING: Ryen Russillo Announces He’s Leaving ESPN After 14 Years

Longtime ESPN radio host Ryen Russillo is putting his job there in the rear-view mirror after he announced he was leaving the company after 14 years.

Russillo will begin exclusively at The Ringer in September after his contract with ESPN runs out on August 31st.

Ringer CEO Bill Simmons confirmed the news.

Happy to confirm that @ryenarussillo will be working exclusively for @ringer for all multi-media stuff starting in September. Will be a regular on my BS Pod as well. Subscribe to his “Dual Threat” podcast here because there’s going to be a lot of them. https://t.co/rUq0ZfPiw6

— Bill Simmons (@BillSimmons) August 6, 2019

At the Ringer, Russillo will continue to produce his “Dual Threat” podcast, while also appearing on Simmons’ “BS Pod” and other Ringer podcasts and productions.

The 44-year-old Russillo would soon take to Twitter to confirm the news as well.

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So…the news is out. I’m headed to @ringer
Want to thank @espn for the last 14 years.
I grew up on @SportsCenter and then to be on the actual set, my name on a show…have to remind myself at times how cool that is
Excited to try and limit Celts talk to 30mins w/ @BillSimmons

— Russillo (@ryenarussillo) August 6, 2019