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Long Island native and ESPN sportscaster Linda Cohn announces her retirement

She anchored more than 5,500 episodes of "SportsCenter" -- the most in network history.

News 12 Staff

Jun 22, 2026, 10:30 PM

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Long Island native and ESPN sportscaster Linda Cohn announced that she is retiring at the end of the month.

Cohn has worked at ESPN for 34 years.

She anchored more than 5,500 episodes of "SportsCenter" -- the most in network history.

The Selden native also worked at News 12 in the late 1980s and was inducted into the Sports Media Hall of Fame.

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