According to a report from Front Office Sports, a notable ESPN editor has been placed on administrative leave.
Sports media insider Ryan Glasspiegel reported Monday that Cristina Daglas, an executive editor who oversees ESPN.com, has been placed on leave. The decision to sideline Daglas, who has been with the Worldwide Leader for over a decade, resulted from various complaints from multiple employees to the company’s Human Resources department.
News at @FOS: ESPN Executive Editor Cristina Daglas has been on administrative leave for weeks after there were HR complaints filed https://t.co/HJyrfd2qea
— Ryan Glasspiegel (@sportsrapport) February 17, 2025
At the time of his initial reporting, Glasspiegel did not disclose the nature of those complaints, writing that they were not “immediately available.” When FOS reached out to comment, both Daglas and an ESPN spokesperson declined to comment on the executive editor’s absence, which has reportedly stemmed from January.
Daglas has overseen all of ESPN.com for the past four years. Before 2021, Daglas joined the company seven years earlier as a senior editor for ESPN The Magazine. As FOS notes, Daglas was the first female MLB deputy editor for ESPN in 2016 before transitioning to a role similar to the network’s NBA coverage.
The last time Daglas promoted something from the company on social media was Jan. 17, when she re-posted a piece from ESPN’s Ramona Shelburne, which looked inside the feud between Jimmy Butler and Pat Riley.
In addition to her duties at ESPN, Daglas’ bio on X (formerly Twitter) and her LinkedIn page state that she’s an adjunct professor at the University of Southern California. In November of last year, Cal State Fullerton’s communications department had highlighted Daglas as a new professor.
Whether her leave from ESPN has affected those two teaching roles is unknown.
Until more details emerge, Daglas’s future at ESPN and the circumstances surrounding her departure remain unclear.
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