Awful Announcing
"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."
"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."
One year after ESPN's massive purge, we've got updates on where everyone wound up.
Almost everyone has left ESPN's NFL coverage for one reason or another in recent years.
2017 will be a year that isn't celebrated too wildly in Bristol.
The only previous Sunday NFL Countdown road trip was to Mexico. This time, they'll be broadcasting from Bettis' Grille 36 in Pittsburgh.
Hoge is now a head coach for Your Call Football, which will let fans vote on plays.
Producer David Brofsky and interviewing guru John Sawatsky were among the employees laid off.
On-air personalities might be safe, after all.
Topics in the two-hour presentation will include the social media policy changes, coverage of political and social issues, and ESPN's current priorities.
The course will "examine the relationship between sports, celebrity, and the power to communicate for social justice."
Layoffs are expected to hit both front-facing and behind-the-scenes talent, and to hit SportsCenter particularly hard.
Six months after one brutal round of layoffs at ESPN, another could be coming.
