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Kenny Mayne Looked Back On His Hilarious ESPN Cover Letter After Announcing He’ll Leave The Network

On Monday, ESPN staple Kenny Mayne announced that he is a “salary cap casualty” and is leaving the network. Mayne joined ESPN in 1994 and is a beloved personality, as evidenced by a thorough outpouring of support from current and former colleagues in Bristol. One such shoutout arrived from Don Van Natta Jr., who resurfaced an old tweet from Mayne featuring a cover letter he wrote to former ESPN executive John Walsh.

Mayne then acknowledged the history and shared that he would be sticking around for two more weeks, while injecting his trademark humor.

Whether the letter above actually got Mayne the job at ESPN is in question, of course, but it’s also an incredible flex. Anyone who watched him over two-plus decades at ESPN is well aware of his particular brand of humor, but that letter is a tremendous way to make an impression.

Mayne is certainly best known for his SportsCenter work, but he also left an impression with Kenny Mayne’s Wider World of Sports and Mayne Street over the years. It’s at least possible that none of that happens without a legendary salvo toward John Walsh, and it is appropriate that it came back to surface on the day Mayne announced his departure.