Most people would need months to recover from losing a job on live television. Ryan Clark needed weeks. The former Pittsburgh Steelers safety and longtime ESPN analyst debuted The Pivot Sports with Ryan Clark on Monday, Sept. 14, on The Pivot’s YouTube channel, a platform that already carries close to 1.5 million subscribers.
The speed is the story here, and so is the twist behind it. Clark has said the exit from ESPN, which happened in July after 11 years, is what unlocked this move in the first place. He told The Athletic that people had long urged him to start his own thing, and that without the ESPN cut he does not believe he ever takes the leap.
What the Clark show actually is
This is not a solo act. Clark reunites with former NFL players Channing Crowder and Fred Taylor, the same trio behind The Pivot Podcast, which they launched in 2022. The new program stretches that chemistry into a live format built around interviews, game analysis and touchscreen film breakdowns, the kind of tape study that drew Clark to broadcasting to begin with.
The production has real muscle behind it too. The Pivot Sports is made in partnership with NFL Films and airs Mondays at 2 p.m. ET, with the ...