{"id":2226,"date":"2013-01-03T14:33:50","date_gmt":"2013-01-03T19:33:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/?p=2226"},"modified":"2013-01-03T14:33:50","modified_gmt":"2013-01-03T19:33:50","slug":"ray-lewis-to-join-espn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/2013\/01\/03\/ray-lewis-to-join-espn\/","title":{"rendered":"Ray Lewis to join ESPN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1714\" alt=\"raylewis\" src=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/files\/2012\/12\/raylewis.jpg\" width=\"594\" height=\"395\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/files\/2012\/12\/raylewis.jpg 594w, http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/files\/2012\/12\/raylewis-300x199.jpg 300w, http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/files\/2012\/12\/raylewis-50x33.jpg 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It was the next logical move. Ray Lewis is joining ESPN. The Baltimore Ravens linebacker announced his impending retirement from football on Wednesday. &#8220;This is my last ride&#8221; Lewis told teammates.<\/p>\n<p>The news of Lewis joining ESPN as part of its football package was first broken by SI.com who said that Lewis is expected to have a significant role on &#8220;Monday Night Countdown&#8221; while being featured on numerous platforms.<\/p>\n<p>Lewis had hinted at retirement before and during his time away from football this year was able to watch his sons play high school football. One of Lewis&#8217; biggest requirements for joining ESPN&#8217;s staff was his schedule. Lewis wanted to make sure he could see his son, Ray Lewis III, play at the University of Miami.<\/p>\n<p>As a football player Lewis gained fame as the leader of the Ravens defense. He was a 12 time Pro Bowler and was selected as the NFL Defensive Player of the Year twice. He was also the MVP of Super Bowl XXXV.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was the next logical move. Ray Lewis is joining ESPN. The Baltimore Ravens linebacker announced his impending retirement from football on Wednesday. &#8220;This is my last ride&#8221; Lewis told teammates. The news of Lewis joining ESPN as part of its football package was first broken by SI.com who said that Lewis is expected to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":374,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[425],"tags":[71],"coauthors":[4],"class_list":{"0":"post-2226","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-ray-lewis"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2226","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2226"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2226\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2226"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2226"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2226"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=2226"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}