Wayne Drehs suddenly let go by ESPN after more than 20 years writing there
Drehs covered a wide variety of sports stories for ESPN, from the Olympics to inspirational high school stories to NFL, NBA and MLB stories.
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Dan Le Batard Show is rehiring Chris Cote, with Le Batard paying him directly to be personal assistant
"How do you guys not understand what this audience loves about the show?"
Claire Smith, first woman to win BBWAA’s J.G. Taylor Spink Award, among ESPN layoffs
Smith was a news editor for ESPN, part a nearly 40-year career covering baseball.
ESPN reportedly laying off 300 employees
According to the report, the total number of jobs cut will end up around 500.
Further ESPN layoffs appear to be in the works, but the timing and size are unclear
There look to be more layoffs ahead at ESPN, but it's not clear if those will come in a matter of weeks or months.
ESPN rehires Ed Werder, a victim of the 2017 round of layoffs
Werder will cover the Cowboys (of course), but also expand into other sports as well.
ESPN Deportes Radio will close this fall, with 10 full-time and 25 part-time employees laid off amidst shift to podcasts
ESPN Deportes Radio was launched in 2005 and had 44 current terrestrial affiliates. ESPN is closing it this fall, instead emphasizing podcasts and TV content from ESPN Deportes.
Howie Schwab tweets resentment about how his time at ESPN ended in 2013, and about his inability to find new work
"If you have been at a company a long time, watch your back. Loyalty doesn't mean a thing any more. This will be the last time I ever talk about the pain of that day, being told I could not say goodbye to friends of over 25 years. I was treated like a joke."
Chris Hassel says ESPN layoff “worked out beautifully for me,” CBS Sports HQ “is like all the good parts of SportsCenter”
"It's like all the good parts of SportsCenter, the highlights, the in-depth highlights, the soundbites, the stats, the analysis, and it doesn't have some of the stuff that I didn't really like about the way things had kind of transpired over the years, which was maybe more filler, less highlights, less analysis and more opinion."
Where are they now? Checking in on all the former ESPN employees laid off a year ago
One year after ESPN's massive purge, we've got updates on where everyone wound up.
ESPN’s turnover among its NFL personalities is unprecedented
Almost everyone has left ESPN's NFL coverage for one reason or another in recent years.
The year in sports media: ESPN faces its most challenging year in 2017
2017 will be a year that isn't celebrated too wildly in Bristol.
Sunday NFL Countdown goes on the road for the second time ever…to recently laid-off ESPN analyst Jerome Bettis’ restaurant?
The only previous Sunday NFL Countdown road trip was to Mexico. This time, they'll be broadcasting from Bettis' Grille 36 in Pittsburgh.
