The Count the Dings network of podcasts has joined The Athletic.

Rob Lopez, Wos Lambre, Dave DuFour, Travonne Edwards and producer Jade Hoye will join The Athletic. Zach Harper and Ethan Strauss are already employed at The Athletic. Amin Elhassan will not be on the shows, at least at this time, as he remains at ESPN.

Shams Charania, Sam Amick and Frank Isola of The Athletic will make appearances. 

Hoye left ESPN in 2017 and continued the podcasts in various forms.

“Freedom,” Hoye said about why he joined The Athletic. “I spent the last 1 1/2 years exploring the world of independent media, after 11 years at ESPN, and the one thing I came to love and truly appreciate about it was simply the ability to have conversations that were free from the filters of corporate management. When The Athletic launched and as it has grown, I’ve been impressed in the way they allow their talent to write from the heart. No click bait and no social media algorithms driving content. As a multimedia producer this was an easy choice. These are the people I want to work with.”