This article is about the American sports anchor and reporter. For the German politician, see Robert Ley.
Bob Ley
Ley in March 2010
Born
(1955-03-16) March 16, 1955 (age 69)
Newark, New Jersey, U.S.
Education
Seton Hall University (BA)
Employer
ESPN (1979–2019)
Known for
Outside the Lines host, SportsCenter anchor, soccer broadcaster
Spouse
Barbara Ley
Children
2
Robert A. Ley (/liː/LEE; born March 16, 1955)[1][2] is an American sports anchor and reporter, best known for his work at ESPN. A multiple Emmy Award-winner, he was the longest-tenured on-air employee of the network, having joined ESPN just three days after the network's 1979 launch[3] and retiring from the network effective at the end of June 2019.
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^"Bob Ley". ESPN Media Zone. Archived from the original on June 26, 2015. Retrieved June 28, 2015. A New Jersey native, Ley, born March 16, 1955, was valedictorian at Bloomfield (N.J.) High School, class of 1972.
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Special Live Edition with BobLey". Grantland.com. Retrieved January 11, 2017. "BobLey on Twitter". Retrieved October 2, 2018. "BobLey retires after 40 years...
the secondary broadcast team. Other play-by-play announcers were: Bob Carpenter BobLey, Ian Darke, Randy Hahn, and Jim Donovan. Other color commentators...
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in some form since 1990, initially as a monthly newsmagazine hosted by BobLey, and later expanding into a weekly Sunday-morning program. In 2003, Outside...
from 9 am until noon and on Sunday mornings during the NFL season with BobLey. Her duties are to deliver highlights and to question analysts about sports...
O'Brien, Sean McDonough and Brad Nessler. He worked in the studio with BobLey, John Saunders, Tirico, and Chris Fowler as well as Jim Valvano. Basketball...
originally anchored by Chris Berman, George Grande, Greg Gumbel, Lee Leonard, BobLey, Sal Marchiano and Tom Mees. Grande introduced the country to ESPN when...
Comcast Network until that network folded in October 2017; died in 2018 BobLey: (1979-2019), retired on June 30, 2019 Sal Marchiano: (1979–1984), longtime...
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grow soccer, especially in America. So far, the recipients are: 2014 — BobLey, ESPN soccer and Outside the Lines host 2015 — Julie Foudy, U.S. women's...
the secondary broadcast team. Other play-by-play announcers were: Bob Carpenter, BobLey, Ian Darke, Randy Hahn, and Jim Donovan. Other color commentators...
co-hosted the network's telecasts of the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup alongside BobLey. In January 2011, she hosted the FA Cup third round game between Arsenal...
announcer for the Arena Football League on ESPN with Mark Schlereth. With BobLey he appeared on the lone September 11, 2001, segment of SportsCenter to...
"Barack-etology" during his presidency. He also was a primary backup to BobLey on Outside The Lines, ESPN's sports investigative journalism program. On...
(ESPNews, Mike and Mike in the Morning, and ESPN First Take news anchor) BobLey: 1979–2019 (Outside the Lines and SportsCenter) Kenny Mayne: 1994–2021...
Chris Fowler BobLey Rachel Nichols Mike Tirico Scott Reiss John Saunders Adnan Virk Chauncey Billups Tom Brennan Caron Butler Pat Forde Bob Knight Steve...
CBA games moved to ESPN, with 13 games televised live. ESPN sportscaster BobLey did the play-by-play and former NBA player and coach Kevin Loughery provided...
Football logo. Chris Berman was the studio host from 1986–2016, succeeding BobLey. Jack Youngblood was the first analyst. In 1987, he was replaced by Pete...
I supposed to be asleep?" just before the surgery appears to go south. BobLey suggests this incident may have violated journalistic ethics. In a 1995...
featured the option of choosing either English commentary (provided by BobLey) or Spanish commentary (provided by Luis Omar Tapia). It has the option...
generator, and they continued their live coverage with Chris Berman and BobLey. In the immediate aftermath of the earthquake, ABC aired a rerun of Roseanne...
NCAA Men's Basketball Final Four and the development of Chris Berman, BobLey, George Grande, Greg Gumbel and Dick Vitale. In 1982, he became the first...
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