The news comes just weeks after ESPN let Ponder go as part of a round of cost-cutting layoffs ahead of the 2024 NFL season. Ponder, 39, took to social media to share what her family is going through.

Ponder first joined ESPN in 2011, working mostly in the college football space. She contributed to and hosted “College GameDay” from 2012-16, and worked as an in-game sideline reporter in 2016.

Sam Ponder is speaking out after being shockingly fired by ESPN in August 2024. The former host of “Sunday NFL Countdown,” who was let go as part of the network’s cost-cutting layoffs last ...

Sam Ponder, the former host of ESPN's "Sunday NFL Countdown," has never been afraid to share her unfiltered thoughts with the rest of the world. Ponder was an on-air reporter for "College GameDay ...

Sam Ponder, the former Sunday NFL Countdown host and College GameDay reporter, was fired by ESPN ahead of the 2024 football season. It would be understandable for the Liberty University graduate ...

Ryan, 62, frequently contributes to ESPN’s “Get Up” and serves as an analyst on “Sunday NFL Countdown,” which Ponder, 39, had hosted since 2017 until her shocking firing in August 2024.

A former ESPN host who was let go by the network has made her opinion on Kirk Herbstreit extremely clear. Sam Ponder, a former ESPN "Sunday NFL Countdown" host who previously worked as an on-air ...

Former ESPN host Sam Ponder was surprisingly fired by the Network last summer. Now, she’s speaking out about what she believes led to her dismissal. Speaking on Wednesday’s episode of “The ...

Prior to landing a role on "Sunday NFL Countdown," former ESPN host Sam Ponder was an on-air reporter for "College GameDay." She was let go by the network in August for financial reasons.

Rex Ryan worked with Sam Ponder on “Sunday NFL Countdown” before she was let go in 2024. Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP “Thank you to Rex and Michelle [Ryan’s wife] for including us and ...