Question: What year did the man who replaced Robert Flores on "SportsCenter" first become an anchor?

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Austin–Bergstrom International Airport: Austin–Bergstrom International Airport or ABIA (IATA: AUS, ICAO: KAUS) is a Class C international airport located in Austin, Texas, United States (the capital of Texas), and serving the Greater Austin metropolitan area, the 31st-largest metropolitan area in the United States.  Located about 5 mi southeast of Downtown Austin, it covers 4242 acre and has two runways and three helipads.  It is on the site of what was Bergstrom Air Force Base.  The airport and Air Force base were named after Captain John August Earl Bergstrom, an officer who served with the 19th Bombardment Group.  The airport replaced Robert Mueller Municipal Airport as Austin's main airport.

Sportscenter AM: SportsCenter AM is a radio show on ESPN Radio hosted by "ESPN Radio SportsCenter" anchor Jay Reynolds.  The show has been replaced by "First and Last".  "SportsCenter AM" features scores from all the major sporting events including the NFL, NBA, NHL, and MLB.  The show usually plays audio highlights for last minute shots, game winning homers, and other exciting events from the previous day's sporting events.  All the major games are discussed at least twice during the show in a score fashion outside of the "SportsCenter" breaks, and exciting matches are usually mentioned at least three times.

Robert Flores: Robert Flores (born July 7, 1970) is a sports journalist, who works for MLB Network and NHL Network as a studio host for each.  Flores formerly worked at ESPN.  Joining the network in 2005, Flores was an anchor for ESPNEWS and for ESPN's "SportsCenter" (2007–2016).  Flores provided studio updates during each game of ABC College Football, and Saturday Night Football.  He also served as a substitute studio host for ESPN2's "Friday Night Fights".  Flores hosted the live afternoon edition of "SportsCenter" from noon - 3 p.m. with Chris McKendry until early September 2009, when he was replaced with John Buccigross.  He was also a substitute host for Baseball Tonight.  Flores announced on February 4, 2016 that he would be leaving ESPN after ten years.

Scott Van Pelt: Scott Van Pelt is an American sportscaster and sports talk show host.  He co-anchored the 11 p.m. edition of "SportsCenter" on ESPN, served as the co-host of "SVP & Russillo" alongside Ryen Russillo on ESPN Radio, and hosts various golf events for the network.  In June 2015, Van Pelt left his radio show to become a solo anchor for a midnight edition of "SportsCenter".

John Buccigross: John Buccigross ( ) is an American sportscaster.  He has been an anchor for ESPN since 1996.

Michael Thomson (judge): Michael A. Thomson is a Canadian lawyer.  Formerly a partner with the law firm of Tapper Cuddy LLP in Winnipeg, Manitoba, he was appointed as a judge of the Family Division of the Court of Queen's Bench of Manitoba on June 1, 2007.  He replaced Robert Carr, who elected to become a supernumerary judge.

Sage Steele: Sage Marie Steele (born November 28, 1972) is an American television anchor who is the lead host of SportsCenter On The Road.  She formerly hosted the Saturday and Sunday editions of "NBA Countdown" on ABC for four seasons, ending in 2017.  For five years prior to the NBA assignment, Steele was a full-time host of "SportsCenter", ESPN's flagship show, and had previously contributed to "ESPN First Take", "Mike & Mike in the Morning", and "SportsNation".  Steele hosted "SportsCenter"' s daytime coverage of the NBA Finals in 2012 and 2013.

Dana Jacobson: Dana Jacobson (born November 5, 1971) is a sports anchorwoman for CBS.  She joined the network in 2013 after ten years at ESPN, where she began as an ESPNEWS anchor in December 2002 and soon became a regular anchor on the 6 p.m. edition of "SportsCenter".  In March 2005, she was named co-host of "Cold Pizza", and transitioned with the show as it became "ESPN First Take".  Jacobson provided sideline reporting for ESPN's coverage of NBA Sunday night games.  On Monday, December 26, 2011, Jacobson announced that Friday, December 30, 2011, would be her final day on "First Take."  She returned to anchoring SportsCenter shortly thereafter.  On March 27, 2012, USA Today announced that Jacobson would leave ESPN when her contract expires at the end of April.  Monday, April 30, 2012 was her final day at ESPN when she anchored the 6-8 p.m. ET SportsCenter show.  Jacobson joined CBS Sports and the cast of CBS Sports Radio's morning show.  "TBD in the AM" in January 2013, co-hosting along with Tiki Barber and Brandon Tierney.  On December 5, 2014, Dana tweeted out that she would be leaving "TBD in the AM" to work on CBS Sports Network.

Jason Dasey: Jason Dasey (born 11 April 1962) is an Australian-born journalist, broadcaster and digital media executive who works as coordinating producer, senior editor and anchor for ESPN at The Walt Disney Company in Singapore.  He is best known for being the first Australian sports host on CNN International and BBC World News and the original anchor of ESPN's SportsCenter Asia and SportsCenter India (English edition).  Based in Asia since 2001, Jason is a Singapore Permanent Resident.

Caroline Wyatt: Caroline Wyatt (born 1967) is an Australian-born English journalist.  She has been a BBC News journalist for more than 20 years, as defence correspondent until August 2014, when she replaced Robert Pigott as religious affairs correspondent until June 2016, when she revealed that she had been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.

Supporting paragraphs: Robert Flores John Buccigross
Answer: 1996