The "Baseball Tonight" anchor for the last eight years, Virk, was escorted off the company's Bristol campus on Friday, Feb. 1, after reportedly failing to fully cooperate with an investigation into possible sensitive information leaks to the media.
"Adnan Virk no longer works at ESPN," Josh Krulewitz, vice president of ESPN, told The Post.
Neither Virk nor his talent agent responded to requests for comment.
Virk's versatile studio host career at ESPN began almost a decade ago in 2010 when he served as an anchor for ESPNews. His likable personality and smooth delivery quickly saw him rise up in the company.
Over the years, he's served as an anchor on shows such as "Baseball Tonight," "College Football Final," as well as the network's college basketball coverage. He was also the main fill-in host on "SportsCenter," "Outside the Lines," and other ESPN radio shows. He also hosted a podcast about movies titled, "Cinephile."
The 40-year-old studio host was most popular with college football fans and routinely anchored the national desk on Saturday afternoons during game-breaks. Virk also has an active presence on Twitter, where he has over 100,000 followers. However, he hasn't sent any tweets from his verified account since Jan. 31, a day before he was fired.
While the Super Bowl quickly overshadowed Virk's story, the anchor did have at least one high-profile defender—James Miller, co-author of the ESPN book, "Those Guys Have All the Fun."
"If on air talent is going to be fired for speaking w/journalists, better start building a whole army of good looking robots," Miller wrote in one tweet Sunday, Feb. 3, after news of Virk's firing.
In another tweet, he said, "No warning. No suspension for @adnanESPN Reporter involved may want to set record straight."
At this time, the specific nature of the information Virk shared is unknown.
Virk was required to take compliance training last year like all ESPN employees, including learning how to deal with privacy and sensitive information, reported The Post.
At the time, when reached for comment, Virk initially declined. However, when he was pressed, he said, "I'm thrilled to still be lavishly overpaid."