By The Athletic Staff
March 12, 2022Updated 10:55 AM EST
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Joe Buck is expected to leave Fox Sports to join ESPN as the new voice of Monday Night Football alongside Troy Aikman, according to multiple sources. The news was first reported Friday afternoon by Andrew Marchand of the New York Post.
Buck, 52, has called MLB's World Series nearly every year since 1996. He served as Fox's play-by-play man on six Super Bowls. He reportedly had one year at $11 million remaining on his Fox contract. He has been with the company since 1994, when he was hired at 25, becoming the youngest person to announce a regular slate of NFL games on network TV.
Buck is expected to reunite with Aikman, who also recently left Fox and publicly said he hopes to work with Buck again. Aikman left Fox for a five-year, $90 million-plus deal to call games on MNF, according to reports. Buck's new contract could be in the five-year, $60 million-$75 million range with ESPN, according to the Post.
Michelle Beisner-Buck, Buck's wife and a reporter for ESPN's Monday Night Football, confirmed the news on social media.
"A new chapter for all of us," she said. "This is going to be life changing for our family."
Buck is an eight-time Sports Emmy Award winner and three-time sportscaster of the year.
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