Andrews, whose contract expires Saturday, has been with the network since 2004.
Erin Andrews may be joining Fox Sports soon.Erin Andrews, ESPN’s signature sideline reporter for college football and college basketball, is leaving the network, ESPN confirmed Friday.
“Erin Andrews leaving ESPN. She did great work for us & we made aggressive offer to keep her. Wish her best on her next chapter,” network publicist Mike Soltys wrote on his Twitter account.
Fox Sports is pursuing Andrews for a role in the network's college football coverage, according to SI.com.
A Fox Sports spokeperson declined to comment on the matter to SI.com.
Andrews’ contract with ESPN expires Saturday. She has been with the network since 2004. Her last on-air assignment was the ACC college basketball tournament in March, SI.com notes.
Fox has made a big splash in college football over the past two years, with a 12-year agreement with the Pac-12 and the hiring of Gus Johnson to serve as the network's lead play-by-play announcer. Fox Sports also has a deal with the Big 12 Conference for exclusive cable rights to 40 college football games per season, SI.com notes.
Last season, all of Fox's college football coverage was on cable, except for the Pac-12 and Big 10 title games. This season, Fox will have a full slate of over-the-air telecasts, in addition to the college football coverage on its cable networks.
Jenn Brown was mentioned as a possible replacement for Andrews the last time Andrews' contract was up, and Brown will surely be mentioned again as Andrews' successor on ESPN's college football coverage.
Andrews is the second prominent female broadcast personality to leave ESPN over the past month and a half. Michelle Beadle, former host of "SportsNation," left for NBC Universal where she will be part of the network's 2012 London Olympics coverage.