Cowherd’s call:

Michelle Beadle, the cohost of ESPN2’S Sportsnation weekday talk show, whose ESPN deal is up, notes to TheBiglead.com that uncertainty in her future includes whether co-host Colin Cowherd will stay on the show. “We’ve started to talk about life after Colin,” she said. “I think everyone right now is trying to figure it out.”

ESPN spokesman Mike Soltys on Sunday suggested the network was open to other TV roles for Cowherd with or without Beadle. “He has a long-term deal with us, which includes his radio show,” Soltys said. “He has the option to leave Sportsnation at the end of the year. If he chooses to do that, we would have a conversation with him about another TV show.”