ESPN has announced that former New York Giants linebacker Antonio Pierce has joined ESPN. Price will appear on NFL Live, SportsCenter, ESPNEWS, and 1050 ESPN New York. He will also write a weekly column on ESPNNewYork.com.

Pierce will appear on NFL Live today, and discus his role with ESPN with Trey Wingo. In other news ESPN quietly let go of James Hasty and Shaun King, Mike Florio reports.

“We are thrilled to add another Super Bowl champion of Antonio’s caliber to our roster of NFL analysts,” said Seth Markman, ESPN senior coordinating producer. “His insights are refreshingly honest and we look forward to having him share his perspective with fans on NFL Live and other ESPN platforms, including ESPN Radio and ESPNNewYork.com.”

Pierce joins Eric Allen, Lomas Brown, Tedy Bruschi, Cris Carter, Trent Dilfer, Mike Ditka, Herm Edwards, Mike Golic, Tim Hasselbeck, Merril Hoge, Qadry Ismail, Tom Jackson, Ron Jaworski, Keyshawn Johnson, Matt Millen, Mark Schlereth, Kordell Stewart, Marcellus Wiley, Darren Woodson, and Steve Young as former NFLers working with ESPN.