Jason "Jay" Crawford (born July 4, 1965) is an American sports journalist who is currently employed by ESPN. As of July 9, 2012, Crawford anchors the live 12-3 PM edition of SportsCenter with Chris McKendry. Prior to that, Crawford spent nine years hosting ESPN's morning show Cold Pizza and its successor ESPN First Take, as well as Cold Pizza's spinoff series 1st and 10 until its 2011 cancellation.