Editing Neil Everett (section)

==Career==
{{Update section|date=October 2022}}
Everett started out in broadcasting at [[KCST-FM]] in [[Florence, Oregon|Florence]] on the central [[Oregon Coast]], west of Eugene. He left the media field and moved to [[Hawaii]],<ref name=mfglk>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=p7szAAAAIBAJ&pg=2561%2C4936935|newspaper=Spokesman-Review|title=Morfitt-Gullickson |date=June 28, 1990|page=C10 }}</ref> where he worked 15 years as an athletic administrator at [[Hawaii Pacific University]].<ref name=tineote/> While still working full-time at HPU, Everett was hired at local [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] affiliate [[KITV]], first as a news writer, then assignment editor, and finally as a sports anchor.<ref>{{cite web
| url        = http://www.midweek.com/neil-everett-espn-anchor/
| title      = Representing The 808
| author     = Steve Murray
| date       = 2013-02-06
| accessdate = 2015-09-28
}}</ref>

In April 1999, Everett interviewed with ESPN on the recommendation of a friend, but was not hired. The following year, ESPN called him for another audition, and this time he was hired as an anchor on [[ESPNews]].<ref>{{cite web
| url        = http://archives.starbulletin.com/2000/05/17/sports/story2.html
| title      = Everett leaving islands for job with ESPN
| author     = Paul Arnett
| date       = 2000-05-17
| accessdate = 2015-09-28
}}</ref> In March 2009, he relocated to [[California]] to anchor the late-night [[Los Angeles]] edition of ''[[SportsCenter]]'', which debuted on April 6, 2009.

On June 8, 2023, Everett announced that he was leaving ESPN and SportsCenter after 23 years.<ref>{{Cite web |last=McCarthy |first=Michael |date=2023-06-08 |title='SportsCenter' Anchor Neil Everett Leaving ESPN After 23 Years |url=https://frontofficesports.com/sportscenter-anchor-neil-everett-leaving-espn-after-23-years/ |access-date=2023-06-09 |website=Front Office Sports |language=en}}</ref>