Inside Linda Cohn's Fortune: Linda Cohn ( Updated) Net Worth 2026: Career Earnings & Assets

As one of the most talked-about figures, Linda Cohn has built a significant fortune. In this article, we dive deep into the assets and career highlights.

What Is Linda Cohn's Net Worth and Salary?

Linda Cohn is a veteran American sportscaster who has a net worth of $12 million. Linda Cohn's annual salary at ESPN is $3 million. She signed a long term contract extension with ESPN in 2018.

Ever since she began a career in sports talk radio in NYC and Seattle, the Long Island native has had a successful career spanning decades, and one she's also passionate about. Cohn partly attributes her tremendous success to being a massive sports fan and finding passion in engaging other fans. She has clocked over 30 years at ESPN and is the longest-tenured anchor of SportsCenter.

When ABC hired her in 1987, Cohn achieved a remarkable feat and set a sportscasting record as the first full-time U.S. female sports anchor on a national radio network. She then anchored WABC until 1989.

In 1989, she debuted on SportsChannel America, the then-top competitor of ESPN, marking her first television break. In the same year, she hosted a call-in radio sports show in her area, New York. Cohn served as a reporter at the SportsChannel America Network until KIRO-TV hired her to work as a sports anchor in Seattle, Washington.

Cohn kicked off her professional career in 1981 as a sports anchor for WALK-AM-FM (now WALK-FM), a radio station based in Patchogue, New York. She left the station in 1984 and went on to work in the same role for four other New York-based radio stations. Linda did this until 1987 and even took a brief term as an update person at WFAN, still in New York City.

Cohn's unique style includes her thick New York accent, and while hockey is back on ESPN, she has spent a great deal of her three-decade tenure championing a sport not featured by the network. No matter the medium, the seasoned sportscaster maintains a casual, albeit thoroughly researched and prepped conversation for sports fans. Notably, she has held onto her radio roots long enough, being also an analyst on SIRIUS XM's NHL Network Radio on Mondays during hockey season. Besides, she makes regular appearances on Mad Dog Sports Radio.

Linda Cohn was born on November 10, 1959, on Long Island, New York. She was inspired to love sports by her father, with whom she'd watch sports on TV. At 15, her mother introduced her to a hockey league where she could play with 8-9 year-old boys. As a teen, Cohn excelled at ice hockey as a goaltender, which saw her playing in her high school's boys league. While she didn't make her high school hockey team as a junior, she did as a senior. Following her graduation from Newfield High School, Linda attended the State University of New York at Oswego, where she played on the women's hockey team. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication in 1981.

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Disclaimer: All net worth figures are estimates based on public data.