Ex-Vikings reporter Courtney Cronin to debut on ESPN's 'Around The Horn'
Courtney Cronin appears to be on the fast track to fame as the former Minnesota Vikings beat writer for ESPN.com will make her first appearance on ESPN's Around The Horn on Wednesday.
Cronin, who covered the Vikings from 2017 until the end of last season, is in her first year covering the Chicago Bears for ESPN. Her move to her home state of Illinois was announced in February following the death of ESPN Bears reporter Jeff Dickerson from colon cancer in December.
Cronin was close to Dickerson, who helped as she became involved with ESPN Radio in 2019, and they subsequently hosted a number of shows together.
In addition to ESPN Radio, Cronin has appeared on SportsCenter and NFL Live – but now she'll make a prime-time appearance on Around The Horn, where her role will be less about reporting about more about opining.
You can watch Around The Horn at 4 p.m. Central Time on Wednesday.
🚨Welcome to @AroundtheHorn Courtney Cronin! 🚨@CourtneyRCronin joins us from Chicago! Illinois raised, IU alum’d, Bears reporter @ESPN. Her @ESPNRadio & @ESPN1000 chops will put our panel & The Mute to the test!
— Tony Reali (@TonyReali) May 31, 2022
Tune in ESPN 5 ET/4CT Wednesday to see her @aroundthehorn debut! pic.twitter.com/D2Tqqys4Cu
Cronin is a native of Glenview, Illinois, having graduated with journalism and Spanish degrees from Indiana University.
Title: Bring Me The Sports co-owner, editor Email: joe@bringmethenews.com Twitter: @JoeBMTN Education: Southwest Minnesota State University Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota Expertise: All things Minnesota sports Nelson has covered Minnesota sports for two decades, starting his media career in sports radio. He worked at small market Minnesota stations in Marshall and St. Cloud before joining one of the nation's highest-rated sports stations, KFAN-FM 100.3 in the Twin Cities. There, he was the producer of the top-rated mid-morning sports show with Minnesota Vikings announcer Paul Allen. His radio experience helped blossom a career as a sports writer, joining Minneapolis-based Bring Me The News in 2011. Nelson and Adam Uren became co-owners of Bring Me The News in 2018 and have since more than tripled the site's traffic and launched Bring Me The Sports in cooperation with the Sports Illustrated/FanNation umbrella. Nelson has covered the Super Bowl and numerous training camps, NFL combines, the MLB All-Star Game and Minnesota playoff games, in addition to the day-to-day happenings on and off the field of play. Nelson also has extensive knowledge of non-sports subjects, including news and weather. He works closely with Bring Me The News meteorologist Sven Sundgaard to produce a bevy of weather and climate information for Minnesota readers. Nelson helped launch and manage the Bring Me The News Radio Network, which provided more than 50 radio stations around Minnesota with daily news, sports and weather reports from 2011-17.