The popular and versatile
NFL Live anchor for The Worldwide Leader, will continue to be an NFL sideline reporter, correspondent for The Masters, ABC's coverage of the NFL Draft, and host of
SEC Nation will continue for several more years:
https://espnpressroom.com/us/press-releases/2025/02/espn-re-signs-laura-rutledge-to-multi-year-contract-extends-popular-host-and-reporters-tenure-into-second-decade/If anyone has checked out her Instagram during the fall, her two children humorously make their SEC football picks touching their helmets (or other household items) and moving them slowly to the side--among such cute antics.
In an industry with constant turnover and dozens upon dozens of layoffs affecting lots of great people--it is comforting to see excellence being rewarded.
