ESPN is looking at Fox Sports 1 host Charissa Thompson to possibly succeed Chris Berman on "Sunday NFL Countdown," sources tell Sporting News.

A Thompson hire would be a coup for ESPN, which also plans to break up its longtime morning TV-radio duo of Mike Greenberg and Mike Golic.

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ESPN anchors Trey Wingo and Suzy Kolber were thought to be the front-runners to take over Berman's high-profile NFL roles hosting "Sunday NFL Countdown" and the first day of NFL Draft coverage in 2017, but pursuing Thompson, who worked for the Worldwide Leader in a variety of roles from 2011-13, also makes sense for ESPN management.

She already has her own NFL pregame show, hosting the "Fox NFL Kickoff" pregame show (11 a.m. ET) that airs before the top-rated "Fox NFL Sunday" (noon ET).

ESPN has already shown its willingness to poach on-air talent from "Fox NFL Kickoff," hiring Randy Moss away from FS1 for this season's "Sunday NFL Countdown."

The 34-year old Thompson demonstrated again her journalistic chops by scoring the first TV interview with fired Rams coach Jeff Fisher for "Fox NFL Kickoff" in December. She also co-hosts the entertainment show, "Extra," with Mario Lopez and Tracey Edmonds.

Stealing a young, rising star like Thompson away from FS1 would also be a shot across the bows of FS1 chief Jamie Horowitz.

The ex-ESPN wunderkind has recruited ESPNers Skip Bayless, Colin Cowherd and Jason Whitlock to headline FS1's new "Undisputed" and "Speak for Yourself" studio shows.

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Bringing Thompson back would show ESPN is willing to fight and win talent wars with Horowitz and FS1.

On the other hand, Horowitz's on-air talent tends to be fiercely loyal to him as evidenced by Bayless, Cowherd and Whitlock moving cross-country to work with him on the startup FS1 programs. Prying Thompson, a West Coast native, out of Los Angeles may be easier said than done.

ESPN boss John Skipper, though, wants to place more women and minorities in prominent on-air roles, and Thompson fits the bill.

Earlier in her career, Thompson was touted as the "next Erin Andrews." The two ended up working together at Fox Sports.

Meanwhile, ESPN is moving forward with its long-rumored plan to break up the on-air pairing of Mike Greenberg and Mike Golic after 18 years, according to Richard Deitsch of Sports Illustrated.

Greenberg will get his own New York-based morning show on ESPN that will include elements of both "SportsCenter" and the current "Mike and Mike in the Morning." Wingo could step into Greenberg's old role with Golic, along with appearances by Mike Golic Jr.

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The breakup is risky. While "Mike & Mike" drew scorn from the likes of Bill Simmons, the show has been a steady driver of TV ratings and ad revenue.

Change seems to be the norm these days at ESPN, however, which is scrambling to deal with the loss of millions of cable subscribers in recent years.

Berman, the legendary face of ESPN for three decades, is heading toward an emeritus-type role that will allow him to spend more time at his vacation home in Maui.

Jemele Hill and Michael Smith are giving up their daily "His & Hers" weekday show to take over the flagship 6 p.m. ET "SportsCenter" after the Super Bowl. Sources tell Sporting News they will be replaced in the weekday noon time slot by Bomani Jones and Pablo S. Torre.

All of that is on top of ESPN brass seemingly looking beyond Wingo and Kolber to fill Berman's most prominent on-air role, even if it is with a former ESPNer such as Thompson.

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"Everything is up for grabs right now," one source told me. "They're looking at everything and questioning everyone and everything."

Picture, then, an ESPN lineup that looks like this come the 2017 NFL season:

— Thompson gets "Sunday NFL Countdown," along with whatever else she wants.

— Wingo gets co-billing on one of the country's biggest morning shows, plus he becomes lead anchor for the NFL Draft.

— Kolber gets the weekday "NFL Live" and the "Monday Night Countdown" pregame show that sets up "Monday Night Football."

Not a bad lineup.