Will Mina Kimes get a mega promotion in ESPN amid high-profile mass layoffs?

Mina Kimes joined ESPN as a writer in 2014 and got promoted to NFL analyst in 2020.

Will Mina Kimes get a mega promotion in ESPN amid high-profile mass layoffs?

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ESPN has fired approximately 20 people on the third round of its mass layoffs. This time, ESPN is letting go of 20 of its top on-air personalities in a cost-cutting movie. Previously, they focused on their behind-the-scenes employees, but now some of the prominent names got axed. But this could be a blessing in disguise for the NFL analyst Mina Kimes, who could end up getting promoted because of the layoffs.

According to Front Office Sports, the leading sports media brand ESPN is extremely high on the NFL analyst Mina Kimes, who is currently appearing on NFL Live on ESPN and has her own sports podcast The Mina Kimes Show featuring Lenny. She is one of the biggest names in the sports media world currently and this ESPN mass layoffs could end up getting her promoted.

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Mina Kimes is set to take over Suzy Kolber’s job as the host of ESPN Monday Night Countdown. Kolber was one of the victims of the mass layoffs on Friday. Kimes’ contract will be expiring next year and she is expected to attract interest from multiple other brands, including Dan Le Batard’s Meadowlark Media and Bill Simmons’ The Ringer.

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In fact, Simmons recently told The Washington Post that he is interested in signing the popular sports analyst. Kimes is currently estimated to be earning around $400,000 a year, but that salary will take a huge leap once she signs her next contract, whether with ESPN or some other company.

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ESPN’s Mina Kimes is an experienced sports analyst

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Mina Kimes (Image via AZ Central)

Mina Kimes is one of the top sports analysts working in the industry so far. She started her career as a sportswriter with ESPN back in 2014 and slowly worked her way up the ladder.

The 37-year-old analyst got promoted to be an on-air personality by ESPN in 2020 in a huge move forward. She worked as an analyst on the show ‘NFL Live’ along with the former Detroit Lions QB Dan Orlovsky, the Dallas Cowboys DE Marcus Spears, and Laura Rutledge. Furthermore, she also has her own sports podcast, The Mina Kimes Show featuring Lenny, where she’s joined by one of her friends each episode to talk about the NFL’s latest storylines and moves.

She is set to receive a huge payday estimated to be in seven figures when she signs a contract next year. ESPN is hoping to lock her up and give her a promotion to a host to seal the deal according to multiple reports.

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