Karl Ravech finally opens up on shocking ESPN…
To Karl Ravech, seeing news of his standing at ESPN — the community that laid him off last month — and studying about the whole lot “has been surreal.”
But Ravech, addressing the whole lot for the first time since the choice during an look on “Westwood One Sports Night” on Friday, added that he has “literally no ill will” toward ESPN, where he labored for 33 years and grew to become entrenched as a voice of baseball with his work as a play-by-play broadcaster and studio host.
“I haven’t really commented on it much,” Ravech, 61, said. “I think it’s sort of apparent what’s happened there. I certainly have literally no ill will to a company that’s provided me with a life that has exceeded any expectation I had coming out of Needham High School or Ithaca College and the experiences I’ve had.”
ESPN analyst Jay Williams, left, and announcer Karl Ravech stand before the sport between the Connecticut Huskies and Indiana in the Saatva Empire Classic at Madison Square Garden in New York City on Sunday, Nov. 19, 2023. Getty Images
Despite the layoff, Ravech has — and will continue to — work occasional MLB broadcasts on ESPN throughout the rest of the season after being given the option, and he’ll call the Little League World Series this month.
Ravech was laid off from ESPN alongside NFL insider Tom Pelissero, NFL analyst Cam Newton, anchor David Lloyd and ex-Jet Bart Scott, among others.
ESPN also parted methods with NFL analyst Ryan Clark, with the community informing the longtime security of its layoff determination during the center of an “NFL Live” episode — creating a weird state of affairs where, after the show returned from a business break, Clark was no longer on the panel.
Ravech served as the voice of “Sunday Night Baseball” for 4 years through the end of the 2025 season, according to his ESPN bio, and he has also called faculty basketball video games for the community in addition to his many years of work with the community’s baseball coverage.
Doug Glanville and Karl Ravech smile before the MLB
All-Star Game in July 2025. Getty Images
He said Friday he “can’t wait” until the Little League World Series arrives because it’s “the event that most people associate me with” and his “favorite event for every reason people love the game of baseball.”
“I think the most surreal part has been the notes of gratitude, the sort of notes of frustration that I’ve received in the process,” Ravech said during his “Westwood One Sports Night” look. “All of those things, when you’re doing what we do, you never, ever think about the impact that you’ve had on people. I’ll be honest with you, that part has been so overwhelming and gratifying and heartwarming.”
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