THE ATHLETIC’s Andrew Marchand cites sources as saying that Ryan Leaf will be USA Network’s “lead Pac-12 college football analyst” and will do a “select number of games as a college basketball analyst.” USA Network begins its Pac-12 coverage for the first time this fall. Leaf has worked at ESPN, the CW and Pac-12 Network in the past, and he will continue on SiriusXM’s “The Opening Drive” (THE ATHLETIC, 6/4).
NEW DIRECTION: In N.Y., Spencer Brod wrote media personality Lucy Rohden is moving on from “The Dan Le Batard Show.” She said that “while she had plenty of good opportunities with the talk show, it was the right time to go in another direction.” Rohden, who joined the show in 2023, is “formalizing a college football media brand called ‘CFBLucy’” with partners like Betches Media and Homefield Apparel. Through the brand, Rohden will “continue her college-campus and football content” (N.Y. POST, 6/2).
DOCTORS ORDERS: In Newark, Chris Franklin wrote Philadelphia-based WPEN-FM host John Kincade is leaving the morning show he co-hosted with Andrew Salciunas. Kincade has had several battles with cancer, but he said that he was “healthy and everything was fine, but doctors began to warn him about waking up at 4 a.m. to do the morning show” (Newark STAR-LEDGER, 6/3).
