Ducis Rodgers is currently the sports anchor for ESPNews

ESPNEWS

ESPNEWS , launched on November 1, 1996, is a 24-hour-a-day sports news television channel...

. Rodgers was the sports director, lead sports anchor, and sports reporter for WCBS-TV

WCBS-TV

WCBS-TV, channel 2, is the flagship station of the CBS television network, located in New York City. The station's studios are located within the CBS Broadcast Center and its transmitter is atop the Empire State Building, both in Midtown Manhattan....

 (CBS 2) in New York City

New York City

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, the flagship station of CBS Television Network

CBS

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, before leaving the station on January 29, 2009, after the station slashed the sports department from three anchors to one in order to "cut costs." He was replaced by weekend sports anchor Sam Ryan.

Prior to this position, he had been morning sports anchor for a year, and before that weekend sports anchor and host of "Sports Rap Live," the sports show that preceded "Sports Sunday." Rodgers took over the now defunct "Sports Sunday" when lead sports anchor Chris Wragge

Chris Wragge

Christian P. "Chris" Wragge is an American news anchor. He is the co-anchor for New York's WCBS-TV News at 6 p.m. weeknights alongside Dana Tyler. He was previously in the station's 5 p.m. and 11 p.m...

 became a weekday news anchor at the station, when Rodgers assumed all of his roles.

Before he came to WCBS, Rodgers was lead sports anchor for WSVN

WSVN

WSVN, channel 7, is a television station located in Miami, Florida, USA. WSVN is owned by Sunbeam Television, and is an affiliate of the Fox Broadcasting Company. The station has its studio facilities located in North Bay Village and transmitter based in north Miami-Dade County.WSVN operates a Key...

 in Miami, Florida

Florida

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 for eight years.

Ducis grew up in a western suburb of Chicago in Illinois

Rodgers is now an anchor on ESPN First and 10.