Elle Duncan, who is understood for sitting behind the SportsCenter desk, is getting out on the earth to the tallest constructing in Taiwan as a part of a multi-year take care of Netflix.
Duncan left ESPN earlier this week, with an emotional ship off, and is becoming a member of the streamer as an on-air host throughout Netflix Sports activities and its rising listing of stay occasions.
Her first obligation at Netflix might be to host Skyscraper Stay in early 2026. The particular will see free solo climber Alex Honnold try to scale Taipei 101.
It’s marks the streamer’s first take care of an on-air anchor.
The NFL professional can be anticipated to work throughout Netflix’s burgeoning sports activities portfolio because it ramps up its strikes into soccer and different sports activities.
Duncan joined SportsCenter in 2016 and in addition hosted Faculty GameDay Ladies’s Basketball and WNBA Countdown in addition to The Elle Duncan Present on YouTube. Earlier than that she labored on the New England Sports activities Community (NESN), the place she spent two years as an anchor, having beforehand labored in Georgia, the place she was a sideline reporter for the Atlanta Hawks.
Duncan stated, “Becoming a member of Netflix looks like being invited to an already legendary celebration and someway getting handed the aux twine. For a lifelong utility participant, a multi-sport project is a full-circle second, and being trusted with one thing this one-of-a-kind feels extremely particular and surreal. I’m bringing boundless vitality, storytelling, and dangerous puns nobody requested for however might be subjected to anyway. Additionally, I used to be advised this fast-tracks my youngsters to assembly the Ok-Pop Demon Hunters, soooo…win-win.”
Gabe Spitzer, VP, Sports activities, Netflix, added, “Elle Duncan’s confirmed skill to seamlessly transfer between hard-hitting sports activities evaluation and heat, personality-driven cultural internet hosting makes her an ideal match at Netflix. She instantly provides credibility and acquainted star energy to our international programming slate.”