The longtime broadcaster is taking time off to 'take care of a family matter.'
Major League Baseball will return to TBS national airwaves on Tuesday evening after a week off for the All-Star Break. But the pre- and post-game broadcasts will look a bit different.Ernie Johnson would be stepping away from hosting duties for MLB broadcasts for the remainder of the season and throughout the postseason. He will be replaced by MLB Network's Greg Armsinger, the network said.
In the release, Johnson thanked TNT Sports for allowing him to take time off to tend to a family matter. ""I'd like to thank the leadership at TNT Sports for allowing me the time away to take care of a family matter during the baseball season," the longtime host said. "I look forward to returning to the studio for the start of the NBA season.”alongside Kenny Smith, Charles Barkley, and Shaquille O'Neal. But that Emmy-winning studio show is not his only role at the network.
But Johnson will be absent from this year's MLB on TBS coverage. He will be missed, and it'll be up to Armsinger to mantain the quality of the broadcast.Liam McKeone is a senior writer for the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated. He has been in the industry as a content creator since 2017, and prior to joining SI in May 2024, McKeone worked for NBC Sports Boston and The Big Lead.
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