The beat: Beadle leaving ESPN? Kornheiser keeping radio gig; La Canfora joins NFL Today

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I knew something must be going on this afternoon because my keyboard suddenly started to heat up. Sure enough, I checked my Twitter and saw that Michelle Beadle appears to leaving ESPN.

SportsbyBrooks had the following Tweets:

SbB has learned Michelle Beadle will depart ESPN for NBC Sports with the plan for her to land eventually at Access Hollywood as co-host.

And:

Before Beadle transitions to NBCUniversal-distributed Access Hollywood, she’ll cover Olympics, appear on Today Show, among other duties.

But wait a minute. Jason McIntyre of The Big Lead just delivered this Tweet:

Text from Michelle Beadle: “not accurate.” my interpretation: she’s probably leaving Espn, for something at NBC, as SBB claims

It hardly would be a surprise if Beadle left SportsNation and ESPN. She reportedly has aspired to duties beyond sports.

She seems like a nice person, and I wish her the best. But I’m jumping off this speculation train about her future. Wake me when something happens.

Tony staying: Tony Kornheiser is keeping his radio job in Washington. The Washington Post reports that despite some hints he might wave bye-bye, Mr. Tony will continue at ESPN 980.

From the Post:

“I need to talk about the immediate and long-term status of this show,” he said during his second hour. “The long-term prospects for this show have brightened recently. This show should be on the air for another two years, at least, so I think that’s very good….

“I thought we should make that clear, because I was pessimistic for a while that the show would end and that we’d have to find another place to do the show. The show won’t end….The show will continue, so I should say that.”

Kornheiser, though, did tell his listeners he will take an extended summer vacation from the show.

NFL Today change: Big move for Jason La Canfora. He will replace Charley Casserly as CBS’ NFL insider on its “The NFL Today” pregame show. La Canfora also will begin writing for CBSSports.com in July. Prior to joining CBS, La Canfora had been at NFL Network.