Scott Van Pelt and Ryen Russillo had a successful radio show with ESPN for years, before Van Pelt left in 2015 to host the midnight edition of SportsCenter .

ESPN reportedly wanted to reunite the popular duo to replace Around the Horn , but Russillo opted to sign with Barstool Sports instead.

Earlier this week, The Athletic reported the news that ESPN was interested in having Russillo and Van Pelt team back up together.

“That was a bit of a selfish concept by me, because I was such a huge fan of those two when they were together years ago,” ESPN President of Content Burke Magnus told The Athletic . “It just so happened that Ryen was exploring his future on a similar timeline. He ended up doing something different.”

Ryen Russillo and Scott Van Pelt hosted a show together from 2009

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