Ed durso espn bio

ESPN said today that that Ed Durso, marking 28 years at the sports programmer this week, is retiring at year's end. ESPN president John Skipper said in a note to company staff that he had tried to convince the longtime lieutenant to stay on for longer but those efforts had come up short.

"During his time here, Ed has reported directly to four ESPN Presidents and is one of our company’s longest serving board members," Skipper wrote.

"He has been an integral part of helping us secure many of our major rights and distribution deals, launched our first business development unit which gave birth to both The Magazine and ESPN.com, and has represented our company with members of Congress, FCC commissioners, governors and Presidents.

Virtually every major business decision ESPN has reached over the last three decades was benefited by Ed's sound judgment, reason and insight. Notably, this was all done with uncommon humility and grace."

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