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More layoffs are expected at ESPN over the summer, just four months after the USA's largest sportscaster announced a 7,000 jobs-cut, with several on-air personalities whose names don't ring to the average sports fan appearing to be the most at risk.

Cutbacks of on-air 'talent' are expected to occur toward the end of June, according to Andrew Marchand, of The New York Post, though the exact timing of these firings is 'subject to change', given that the situation is 'fluid.' 

The network's executives are thought to be currently going over the names of staff members who could be eligible for dismissal. Those who are close to be getting the sack 'are the ones who make a lot and don’t work that much', per Marchand.  

DailyMail.com has reached out to ESPN for a request to comment. 

NFL sideline reporter Suzy Kolber, whose worked at ESPN for almost 30 years, is one of the few names mentioned alongside Steve Young's that could be called upon to leave the company.