ESPN has a leading candidate — or two — to fill the midday radio slot that opened up when Clinton Yates departed last week, per Front Office Sports.
Matt Jones and Myron Medcalf are the frontrunners to take over the 10 a.m. to noon ET window on ESPN Radio, according to FOS’s Ryan Glasspiegel, though a deal has not been finalized and negotiations are still ongoing.
Jones and Medcalf already have six-plus years of chemistry on ESPN Radio and currently host Sunday Mornings with Matt and Myron. Jones signed an extension in 2024 specifically noting they would be entering their seventh year together, calling Medcalf “a very good friend” and the partnership “a perfect combination.”
Yates was out at ESPN as of last Friday, with both his radio show and his Andscape senior columnist role ending as part of broader programming changes. His show, Clinton & Friends, had only launched in February 2025 — the day after Super Bowl LIX — after ESPN tapped him to fill the midday slot that opened when Mike Greenberg moved out of radio. It was a significant platform that came together quickly following the end of ESPN Daily, the podcast Yates had hosted since March 2024. He’d spent a decade building a multimedia footprint at the network, going back to the launch of The Undefeated in 2016.
Jones brings a devoted regional following built over years at Kentucky Sports Radio, where he has become one of the most recognizable voices in college basketball media. Medcalf has been part of ESPN’s fabric for well over a decade, coming up through the reporting side before establishing himself as a reliable on-air presence across the network’s college basketball coverage.
ESPN declined to comment, per FOS.
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