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Linda Cohn says goodbye to SportsCenter after 34 years at ESPN 🙌
Linda Cohn says goodbye to SportsCenter after 34 years at ESPN 🙌
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12:51 · Jun 27, 2026
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When you think of SportsCenter, you know, what do you think of?
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What typifies it to you?
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>> The The typical thing would be just it's a fantastic combination of being
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entertained and being informed.
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>> We want to welcome Linda to SportsCenter here.
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She comes to us by way of Seattle and New York before that.
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Nice of Larry Loretta, too, to light up a cigar on your behalf.
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>> Well, Chris, you know, I don't smoke, but thanks anyway.
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I just didn't want to make a mistake
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and I just wanted to show the viewers not only how much I knew
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sports,
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but you know what?
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Even more important, how much I loved sports.
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>> Do you know who I am?
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>> Time, Linda Cohn.
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We're going to have fun, too.
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>> If you don't know who that woman is right there.
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>> Platinum plaques on my wall.
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>> Well, then you're not up on your sports.
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>> Well, come on.
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LET'S GO AHEAD.
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>> WHERE ARE YOU GOING?
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>> That's why we loved it so much.
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They turned to us for the information.
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>> No one's done more SportsCenters than this young lady right here.
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Linda, your 5,000th SportsCenter.
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>> Oh, boy, Randy.
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I'm already laughing.
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People talk about, "Hey, you reached 5,000 SportsCenters, all-time leader."
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The biggest takeaway for me is
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that I have inspired
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and helped open doors for young women
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that are in the business now,
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my wonderful colleagues, of course.
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You know, we're not athletes.
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It is the equivalent, I believe,
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of being on a biggest of stages
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and having that adrenaline rush
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and walking off that set saying you did the best you could
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and you did your job.
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>> Joined now in studio by Linda Cohn herself.
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Over 5,600 SportsCenters anchored.
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Amazing.
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>> Three decades at this desk.
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And a spatula tackled, as we just saw there, too.
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>> Love the flying spatula.
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>> Love it.
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Love it.
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It is incredible.
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So many moments across your storied career.
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But, Linda, it's so interesting
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because there's there's so much conversation about what it takes to reach the pinnacle
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of your career and to reach the top.
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But, what I'm interested is is what's the secret to staying at the top
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of your game as you've done for
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so long?
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>> Uh Maddi, first of all, great to be with you.
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It's just so proud of you and your success.
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>> Thank you.
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>> Um it's probably the key,
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and this is what I tell a lot of people,
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is the fact that even though I was on SportsCenter for 34 years,
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I make believe somebody is watching me for the very first time,
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and I have to prove to them
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that I belong and
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that I earned a seat in this chair.
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>> That's so incredible.
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It's like in the uh the last dance
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when Jordan said there's always someone in the gym who's never seen you play.
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>> Exactly.
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>> And surprisingly, after over 5,600 SportsCenters, you never know.
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There's always Maybe at this point I don't know.
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>> You don't know.
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>> Uh yeah, you know, it's it's true, but also I'm like I'm a fan,
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you know, I'm a a fan of sports.
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It's stayed with me.
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A lot of people in our business, it's okay.
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They become jaded.
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All right?
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It's just a matter It's true.
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>> Right.
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>> But not me.
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Um it's part of my DNA.
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It's why I got into this in the first place cuz I I love
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watching old teams play.
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I respect the athlete, and I respect what they do, and I'm a fan,
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just like our viewers, and that that I feel that was the connection,
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and that was another reason for the longevity.
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>> Yeah.
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I Not only a sports fan, but I'm such a fan of yours.
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And one thing that I thought was very empowering
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or very powerful is in your farewell,
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you said, "What I'm most proud of is
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that my career lasted long enough for me to see little girls grow up
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watching SportsCenter,
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enter the business, and succeed in it."
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And as one of those little girls who grew up watching you on SportsCenter,
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and has now come to interview you on multiple occasions,
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and and admire you in so many different ways,
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I I'm curious why
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that is such a tentpole for you um in this industry.
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>> Well, you know, Maddi, that always has meant so much to me.
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I mean, women have to stick together.
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Um it's very important to inspire and empower other women.
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And while I was enjoying every single minute of being in the moment
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and doing what I do,
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loving sports and sharing that passion through the screen,
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I did realize that there are young people like yourself, you know,
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before you hopped on the bus to your kindergarten class checking me out,
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watching the re-airs back in the day and saying to themselves,
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"You know what?
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Maybe I could do this.
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Maybe it's not just about me watching this with my dad or my mom.
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Maybe I can actually do this for a living cuz I see this woman
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up there and her name's Linda.
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And I think it's okay and I have hope now.
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And yeah, that means so much to me.
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Professionally, that's a strong legacy.
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And the other thing is for all the young men
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that grew up watching me
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when they were little boys.
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For them and and I love that.
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They would they would always just say, "Maddy, don't take this the wrong way.
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I never took sports from a woman before you."
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And I go, "How can I take that the wrong way?
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That's the greatest compliment I could get."
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>> Right.
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>> But it was it made them believers
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that a woman can deliver sports
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and know what she's talking about.
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And that's why I loved to always doing highlights of games
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because it really showed off not only my knowledge
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but that I knew the game
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and I knew what was going on
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and I wasn't just reading it.
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I was feeling it just like the fan on the couch watching SportsCenter.
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>> And so great at it.
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I mean, breaking boundaries and barriers in so many ways from being, you know,
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a woman making the boys high school hockey team into one of the first
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national sportscasters that is female.
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You have deservedly so gotten
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so much adoration and
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and respect this week including from Lil Wayne chiming in.
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I love that friendship.
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Linda Cohn and Weezy besties, who knew?
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I'm curious if there's a message
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that you've received or somebody who's reached out
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that has been surprising
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or impactful to you.
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>> I just want to thank everyone who has reached out.
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It just means so much.
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I'm going to get back to each and every one of you, I swear.
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This is where social media is a good thing
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because a lot of these people I never would be able to connect.
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Kevin from the office is a big fan, Brian Baumgartner.
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I love him so much.
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He's the best.
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He reached out.
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Charles Barkley called me up on the phone
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and and said all these amazing things about the women today,
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you know, have a lot to be thankful for because you came before them.
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You know, stuff like that.
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But you know what I'm most proud of is
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that I was able to have this career
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but also be a mom
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and have two amazing children,
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Sammy and Dan.
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And that's what I'm really most proud of
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that I could pull off the balancing act
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and still give this my all
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but most important be a great mom.
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>> You've got so many layers to the legacy you're leaving on all of us.
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And and one of the the important things about the legacy
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that you leave is how great you are at reading highlights.
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And so before we let you go, Linda,
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we want to run it back and maybe have you read one more.
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And as a New Yorker >> Yes.
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>> What better highlight >> We have a Knicks highlight for Linda.
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>> Oh, yes.
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Thank you, Phil Young PA.
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>> Bree Bree makes this look so easy.
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>> >> Yeah, you know what?
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I was in Billings, Montana at the time.
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I didn't miss a minute of this amazing thing.
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For me, a Knicks fan since 1973.
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Remember Remember this?
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OG Anunoby saving the day.
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Oh, the tip.
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My God, for the love of elevation.
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Anunoby goes inside for the tip and then the lead.
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They battle back these beloved Knicks down 29.
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They win it.
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Stun Wemby in the crowd.
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107-106.
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They got a 3-1 lead as they head to San Antonio.
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Oh, the Garden was great.
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Taylor Swift, shout out to you.
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You're the good luck charm.
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Game five, Knicks looking to close out the series early for Jalen the Messiah
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against Wemby.
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Give it up.
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And then Vassell finds Wembanyama, throws it down. 19 points, 14 boards for Wemby.
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Spurs up nine.
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Jalen Brunson, number 11, right past Wemby.
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The captain.
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The finger roll.
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Knicks trail by four.
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Here Here come, down two under five minutes to go.
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Brunson again imposing his will.
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Here they come.
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We're tied at 83.
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Wow, about 21 left.
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Spurs down two.
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Dylan Harper says, "Not on my watch."
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Hits the turnaround.
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J.
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Harper, 25 points.
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He did his best.
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Tied at 88.
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Next Knicks possession, it's Brunson blowing by Stephon Castle, which is tough to do.
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And the MSG watch party is going crazy.
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Oh my goodness, what a crowd.
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Knicks up two.
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Now they're up three. 26 to go.
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Josh Hart at the line misses it.
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Mitchell Robinson gets the offensive board and Anunoby is fouled.
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Robinson checking out again fighting off two Spurs to win that board.
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And he would ice the game.
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What a moment. 45 points for Jalen Brunson.
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Named NBA Finals MVP.
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Uh, a new Messiah.
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Hey Clyde, you're the best.
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And look at that picture of Karl-Anthony Towns and Jalen Brunson.
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You got this.
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You always did.
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You made us all believers.
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>> Everybody in America's watching the the highlight.
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>> I was watching Linda.
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That's like watching Jimi Hendrix play guitar.
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>> Oh, thank you.
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That's awesome.
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Yeah.
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Man, I'll tell you, you know,
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someone asked me about my New York sports uh Mount Rushmore.
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It's tough, but Jalen Brunson just has added to it along with my guy
9:00
Eli Manning.
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And of course uh Mark Messier, another great number 11.
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>> Linda, as one of the voters for the Giants all-time 100,
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we know how much you love your New York sports right there.
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But lots of love for Linda Cohn.
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>> Linda Cohn, the only thing better than being a co-anchor of yours is
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being a friend of yours.
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Do it for Babs.
9:22
Who's responsible?
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Where's the stand?
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Love you, LLC.
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>> Linda, what an honor it was to have shared a desk with you
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on SportsCenter for so many years.
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I always knew our audience
9:34
and I were going to be getting the news from someone who loved it
9:38
and lived it.
9:39
Your authenticity is one of the things
9:41
that made you one of the greats of all time.
9:44
One of my favorite pictures of my daughter is from
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when I brought her to work several years ago
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and had her take a picture with you on the SportsCenter set.
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It's a reminder to me to this day what's possible for her regardless what
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she wants to do.
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ESPN is not ESPN without you.
10:04
We love you and I can't wait to see what's next.
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>> I'm going to make this quick because if it's long I'll cry.
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I will miss you.
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I love you.
10:13
You are the absolute best.
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I remember doing SportsCenter shows with you, ESPN radio with you.
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You are the consummate professional.
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Uh absolutely fun, the best.
10:29
Um I'll miss you.
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>> >> And I'm going to stop now because I told you I would cry.
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>> Linda, I know where I was
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when I heard that you were hired by ESPN.
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I was at Costco.
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I was in the television section.
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I wasn't looking to buy a television that day,
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but I was watching it and you were on KIRO, channel 7,
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and they were saying goodbye and you moved on.
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I wanted to do the same thing.
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I watched you go do it.
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You did it big.
10:54
You did it for a long time.
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You cackle laugh during the closes
10:57
and made us stay till 4:00 a.m.
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Just couldn't hold it together.
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But you did hold it together to have a lengthy and legendary career.
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Congratulations on that and I hope there's joy for you in whatever's next.
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>> Linda Cohn, Lou Gehrig, Cal Ripken, add them up.
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They didn't do what you've done.
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The most SportsCenters ever.
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Truly amazing.
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Congratulations on that.
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Listen, we met I don't know, early 90s.
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You're on TV in Seattle and I said,
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"I'll be seeing you along the line."
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And here we are,
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a third of a century later and the Swami got that one right.
11:36
>> >> Thank you for being a teammate, a colleague, and above all a friend.
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For millions of viewers, congratulations.
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And another prediction, we'll see you soon.
11:51
>> What amazing.
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Thank you.
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Gosh, golden.
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>> I mean it is the the part of the fabric of what makes
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this desk so special to sit at.
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I know.
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>> >> You don't have the same longevity as those as those greats,
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but grew up a fan of you.
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>> Thanks, Bill.
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>> Thank you for pouring into my love of sports
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and making this the best job on the planet.
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>> And thank you for making this a possibility for people like me
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and an incredible moment to just share this with you
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and I can't wait to watch what's next.
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>> Thanks so much, Maddy.
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Awesome.
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And thanks to everyone.
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Thanks to ESPN and all everyone that I've come in contact with.
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Appreciate you.
12:27
>> >> I'm going to I need a tissue. >> a record that's not
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going to be broken anytime soon.
12:32
>> Untouchable.
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>> Untouchable.
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Remarkable.
12:35
Linda Cohn.
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