Adi Joseph joined ESPN in November of 2026 as Vice President, News. With more than 15 years of experience in sports journalism when he came to ESPN, he leads the company’s news strategy across platforms, bringing his strong editorial judgment and digital expertise to delivering timely, impactful sports journalism to fans.
He leads the network’s Universal News Group – made up of editors in newsrooms across the country – which gathers and distributes news and provides editorial guidance for every ESPN platform, including television, digital, audio, social and ESPN App alerts. On a daily basis, he works closely with production teams to guide news coverage across studio shows – including ESPN’s signature SportsCenter – in addition to producers and editors on ESPN’s digital platforms.
He also works directly with ESPN’s team of Insiders and reporters throughout the company to make sure coverage is accurate, fast, contextual and consistent no matter where audiences access it. He also works on news presentations with ESPN’s Bottom Line team, remote events producers and broadcasters, and much more.
In his career, he has led editorial teams, driven content innovation and grown digital audiences across leading sports media organizations. Most recently before joining ESPN, he served as Vice President of Editorial and Executive Editor at CBS Sports, overseeing content across CBSSports.com, 247Sports.com and SportsLine.com.
Joseph graduated from the Philip Merrill School of Journalism at the University of Maryland-College Park, where he worked at The Diamondback student newspaper, serving as sports editor, summer editor-in-chief, sports columnist and senior staff writer. He also spent a summer interning at The Morning Call in Allentown, Pa.
He started his career as a sports copy editor at The Des Moines Register in 2010 and then joined USA TODAY sports as a copy editor the following year. He became USA TODAY’s NBA digital editor and producer in 2012. After a two-year stint with The Sporting News that started in 2015 as NBA Editor and then progressed to Deputy Editor, he returned to USA TODAY in January of 2017 as Deputy Editor of For The Win.
Joseph became CBS Sports’ Deputy Managing Editor in October 2017, then Managing Editor in 2018, Senior Director of Editorial in 2021 and Vice President of Editorial in 2023.
He is a native of New York City.
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