Longtime ESPN hockey analyst Barry Melrose is stepping down at the network following a Parkinson’s disease diagnosis, according to his good friend and colleague John Buccigross.
“Barry Melrose has Parkinson’s disease and is stepping away from our ESPN family to spend more time with his,” Buccigross began in a post on X (formerly Twitter).
“I’ve worked with Barry at ESPN for over a quarter century. Cold beers and hearty laughs in smoky cigar bars. A razor sharp wit, he was always early & looked like a million bucks. I love him. I’ll miss him. Wayne Gretzky on a life dedicated to hockey,” Buccigross wrote as he posted an ESPN tribute to Melrose’s career with the network.
