Michelle Beadle Is Returning To ESPN

Almost two years after leaving ESPN for NBC, television host Michelle Beadle is returning to the mothership.

SI's Richard Deitsch has the scoop, as well as a few details about how the reunion came to be and what role Beadle will be playing at ESPN:

ESPN president John Skipper is a huge fan of her work, and she's championed both in-house and externally by Jamie Horowitz (who co-created SportsNation and helms Keith Olbermann's ESPN2 show) and Kevin Wildes (the co-creator of SportsNation). Look for Beadle to ultimately host or co-host a New York-based show with another ESPN talent at some point. There is a chance she could appear on SportsNation initially as well, though no ESPN start date is set yet. Beadle can officially leave NBC Sports in early March, according to a source.

Beadle's NBC sports show, The Crossover, was canceled because of low ratings less than a year into its existence. Since then, Beadle has been in a kind of limbo with NBC, but kept filling in as a correspondent on Access Hollywood. She should be back on the sports beat full-time at ESPN.

[ SI]