Longtime local sportscaster Chick Hernandez will leave NBC Sports Washington at the end of the week after a 17-year run with the network, he announced Tuesday.
Hernandez’s contract was expiring and was not renewed. He most recently hosted Washington Redskins-related content.
Hernandez, 54, was part of the network since its 2001 inception and previously spent seven years working at WTTG, Washington’s Fox affiliate, before a stop at the now-defunct Fox SportsNet.
In a transient industry, Hernandez was unique for his extended local tenure, and he became an established authority on the District’s sports scene. He was known on air for his boisterous laugh, humanizing interviews and for unabashedly rooting for Washington’s home teams.
“I know I’m a rarity,” Hernandez told The Post in 2014. “I understand it and I’m thankful for it. I root for the teams personally and I have personal relations with these guys, but I’m not a homer, and I think most people appreciate that.”
