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In this June 2, 2013, photo provided by ESPN Images, Bob Ley talks during an international friendly soccer match in Washington, D.C. Ley, an anchor at ESPN since the network's launch 40 years ago, has announced his retirement. Ley was ESPN's longest-tenured anchor, joining "SportsCenter" on the channel's third day of operation on Sept. 9, 1979. He hosted "Outside The Lines," an investigative news program, from its launch in 1990 until he took a sabbatical last September. The 64-year-old Ley tweeted Wednesday, June 26, 2019, that he's enjoying the "best of health" and that the decision to retire was "entirely" his own. (Allen Kee/ESPN Images via AP)
ESPN anchor Bob Ley retires after 40 years with network

By Joe Reedy Jun. 26, 2019 12:06 PM EDT