ESPN Black employees talk to New York Times about network’s lack of diversity behind the scenes
A recent incident involving broadcaster Dave Lamont highlighted tensions at the network.
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VICE’s ‘One Man and His Shoes’ documentary explores Nike’s Air Jordan sneakers becoming cultural sensation
The documentary also looks at the dark side of sneaker culture.
The art of the demotion: some of the most prominent ESPN “reassignments” that have minimized negative coverage
Michael Smith officially leaves ESPN after both parties agree to contract buyout
Smith's former SC6 co-host Jemele Hill took a buyout last year.
Dan Le Batard is starting a new podcast called South Beach Sessions, the first podcast on the Le Batard and Friends Podcast Network
More Dan Le Batard content is coming your way.
Former ESPN president, current DAZN chairman John Skipper takes some shots at the traditional TV model in a pair of interviews
"Just as we will disrupt the way that we acquire the ability to watch sports through an app, we will disrupt the way that advertising works. We really will follow the Facebook/Google model — we will understand things about you that will allow us to target ads."
New trailer for LeBron James’ ‘Shut Up and Dribble’ promises look at how politics and basketball constantly cross over
A new trailer for that three-part series dropped on Friday.
Jemele Hill is joining The Atlantic, not The Athletic
Hill will "cover the intersection of sports, race, politics, gender, and culture."
Jemele Hill will leave ESPN Sept. 1 in an “amicable departure/buyout,” according to Jim Miller
Hill talked about wanting to do work behind the camera in news as well as sports back in July, but was still under contract for two years.
Jemele Hill says “there are other things I want to do besides sports,” but has no firm plans to leave ESPN yet
"Plotting the next 10-15 years of my career is kind of the way you have to think in this business."
Undisputed congratulated Rob Parker on “NABJ Journalist of the Year,” an award that went to Jemele Hill. (He got an award from the...
Parker was actually named the NABJ's Sports Task Force's Journalist of the Year. But Undisputed stated it wrong on-air, and then repeated that on social media.
ESPN exec reportedly complained that SC6 with Jemele Hill and Michael Smith was “too black”
The short-lived SportsCenter show was often accused of having a "liberal bias."
In wake of Roseanne fiasco, ESPN is reportedly telling certain personalities to be careful on social media
ESPN does not want any of its employees to be the next Roseanne Barr.
