Peter Schrager
A show centered on NFL insider Peter Schrager “is the likely winner” for ESPN’s 2pm ET hour.Getty Images
A show centered on NFL insider Peter Schrager “is the likely winner” for ESPN’s 2pm ET hour, while “SportsCenter” has the “inside track to continue” in the 5pm slot formerly held by “Around The Horn,” according to sources cited by THE ATHLETIC. ESPN execs have “started thinking about how to create a new hour-long program” at 2pm that “would follow ‘The Pat McAfee Show,’” which airs from noon to 2pm. Execs previously “flirted with moving” Scott Van Pelt from hosting the late night “SportsCenter” to a daily show at 5pm, but “ultimately all involved decided it was better to keep Van Pelt in his same role.” Since “nothing is official, Schrager’s cohorts are still to be determined.” ESPN is currently airing an hour-long “SportsCenter” at 2pm (THE ATHLETIC, 5/6).