{"id":9247,"date":"2013-03-14T14:35:49","date_gmt":"2013-03-14T19:35:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.playingfieldpromotions.com\/blog\/?p=9247"},"modified":"2013-03-14T14:35:49","modified_gmt":"2013-03-14T19:35:49","slug":"ray-lewis-officially-joins-espn-as-nfl-analyst","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportsspeakers360.com\/blog\/ray-lewis-officially-joins-espn-as-nfl-analyst","title":{"rendered":"Ray Lewis Officially Joins ESPN as NFL Analyst"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s official! Ray Lewis has a new role now as NFL analyst for ESPN. 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