Former ESPN anchor David Pollack requested for “prayers” on Monday (March 10) as his spouse, Lindsey Pollack, prepares to endure mind most cancers surgical procedure.
“I don’t share a lot of my private life on social media however right this moment is gonna be completely different,” David wrote on X (previously Twitter). “In case you are the praying sort please carry up my spouse Lindsey. She has mind most cancers and surgical procedure is Wednesday at Duke.”
“So grateful to serve a loving God that meets us in our struggles!” he added.
David and Lindsey share two kids: a son, Nicholas, who’s a junior in highschool, and a daughter, Leah, who’s a highschool sophomore.
Earlier than serving as ESPN’s school soccer analyst from 2011 to 2023, David was a linebacker who performed school soccer for the College of Georgia, the place he was a three-time All-American. He was a first-round decide within the 2005 NFL draft, becoming a member of the Cincinnati Bengals. Within the second sport of his second season with the Bengals, David suffered a severe neck damage that ended his on-field profession.
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After his enjoying profession was lower quick, David transitioned into TV sports activities anchoring, serving as a day sports activities speak host on Atlanta’s 790 The Zone and offering studio protection of faculty soccer for CBS. He moved to ESPN in 2009 and, within the fall of 2011, grew to become a part of the community’s School GameDay and a bunch on the Palmer and Pollack present.
In 2012, he changed Craig James on ESPN’s Thursday Evening Soccer, becoming a member of Rece Davis, Jesse Palmer, and Samantha Ponder. That very same yr, he prompted controversy by saying ladies shouldn’t be allowed to serve on the School Soccer Playoff choice committee as a result of that they had not performed the sport.
The community laid him off on June 30, 2023, attributable to cost-cutting.
Talking of his firing on Jason Whitlock’s Fearless podcast in October 2024, David stated (per The Each day Mail), “I’ve been very grateful that I’ve been fired. It’s opened up me to have the ability to speak about regardless of the topic is in a truthful method.”
He went on to say ESPN gave him the impression his views on social media may have an effect on his place, including, “I’m not saying they at all times stated that to me, however it was very clear, like, ‘Your opinions you put up on social media, whereas they’re yours, additionally they signify us. So, we’re taking that into consideration.’”
After leaving ESPN, David and Lindsey helped launch The Pollack Household Basis, a corporation geared toward “empowering households” within the higher Atlanta space.