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ESPN Promotes UCLA Grad Cari Champion To SportsCenter Anchor

Let's face it. Bruins Nation hasn't been much of a fan of ESPN. Perhaps it's been East Coast Bias. Or, pro-Trojan Bias. Or, even sheer jealousy.

Well, my Bruin Brethren that may be about to change.

ESPN has announced that Cari Champion, a 1998 UCLA graduate, is being promoted from ESPN2's "First Take" with Stephen A. Smith and the ever-irritating Skip Bayless to SportsCenter on the flagship.

According to an article on TheWrap.com, Champion is expected to join the show's anchor desk in mid-July and work morning broadcasts. Her last day on "First Take" was today.