# Bob Ley is retiring **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [June 26, 2019, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-ley-is-retiring/836098 "2019-06-26T14:59:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2019, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-ley-is-retiring/836098/1 "2019-06-26T14:59:26Z")
Bob Ley, who was at ESPN since the beginning will [retire at the end of the month](https://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/27058914/bob-ley-retires-40-years-espn-anchor). This sucks. For a long time he was the best thing on the network. His show _Outside the Lines_ set a standard for sports investigative journalism. At least that is in good hands with Ryan Smith. Enjoy your retirement Bob, you’ve earned it. ---
**Author:** ![Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@Barkis\_is\_Willin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barkis_is_Willin)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2019, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-ley-is-retiring/836098/2 "2019-06-26T15:22:18Z")
Always like Bob, he kept to the facts. But I haven’t watched ESPN for a couple years now. I don’t even know who Ryan Smith is. ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2019, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bob-ley-is-retiring/836098/3 "2019-06-26T16:36:59Z")
He has been a good reporter. He’s a very poor commentator/announcer, in my opinion.