But none may be bigger than longtime veteran anchor and play-by-play man Karl Ravech. While he was the first name to be shared, others are expected to follow, especially centered on the newly acquired NFL Network. Karl Ravech was a mainstay at ESPN as a SportsCenter anchor and the longtime host of Baseball Tonight, which at one time was a nightly staple on the Worldwide Leader in Sports. But seeing Karl Ravech exit the network mid-season in this way after so many dedicated years of service in Bristol is a sobering reminder of the current realities of modern media. The post Karl Ravech laid off by ESPN after 33 years appeared first on Awful Announcing.