(Gray News/AP) – Fox Sports analyst and former NFL player Mark Sanchez has been terminated from the network – a month after being involved in a near-fatal fight while in Indianapolis to call an NFL game, according to several reports.
A spokesperson for Fox Sports confirmed the news to TMZ Friday morning with no further details.
The Athletic sports reporter Andrew Marchand also posted about the news on X, adding that Drew Brees has joined the Fox Sports network as a game analyst.
Sanchez is charged with attacking a truck driver outside a hotel in Indianapolis over a parking dispute on Oct. 4. He has been off the air since.
“We are literally talking about people fighting over a parking space and — or a dispute about where people are parking, and it resulted in someone receiving just incredibly significant injuries,” Marion County prosecutor Ryan Mears told reporters Oct. 6.
Prosecutors charged him with felony battery and three misdemeanors. Sanchez was stabbed during the altercation.
The truck driver, claiming self-defense, is suing Sanchez and Fox Sports. Sanchez remains free on bond and has not commented on the allegations. The court allowed him to return to his home in California.
A judge in Indianapolis confirmed a Dec. 11 trial date for Sanchez.
Sanchez had a 10-year NFL career before retiring in 2019. He spent four seasons with the New York Jets and also played for Philadelphia, Dallas and Washington. He appeared on ABC and ESPN before joining Fox Sports as a game analyst in 2021.
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