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."
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Sage Steele and Kevin Negandhi look set to host the new 6 p.m. SportsCenter
ESPN looks set to assign permanent anchors for the 6 p.m. SportsCenter, which they haven't had since early March.
ESPN proclaims that 6 p.m. SportsCenter ratings are up since Michael Smith and Jemele Hill exited
Is ESPN tossing the former SC6 hosts under the bus?
What is SportsCenter? In search of a 21st-century identity, ESPN’s signature show has changed course once again
What should ESPN do at 6 p.m. now that SC6 is no more?
Is another rebrand in the making?
AA Weekly Recap: Michael Smith leaves SC6
Michael Smith reportedly leaving SC6; his last show will be Friday, March 9
This was bound to happen.
Jamie Foxx did not like Michael Smith asking him about Katie Holmes on SportsCenter
The first rule of interviewing Jamie Foxx is you do not ask about Katie Holmes.
Michael Smith says he and Jemele Hill felt ‘muted’ in final months together on SC6, which ‘frustrated the shit out of us’
"You all acknowledge that one of the strengths we have going for us as a show is Michael and Jemele's chemistry, but Michael and Jemele don't fucking talk to each other?"
Adam Schefter takes a phone call on live TV during a SC6 appearance
Apparently, the no calls on live TV rule doesn't apply to Schefter either.
Jemele Hill returns from suspension, thanks Michael Smith for “holding this down while I was gone”
After two weeks off the air, Hill was back alongside her partner on SC6 on Monday.
Michael Smith expected to host SC6 solo during Jemele Hill’s two-week suspension
There will be no direct replacement for suspended co-host Hill.
Michael Smith makes “mutual” decision with ESPN to sit out Monday’s SC6 after Jemele Hill suspension
Smith is expected to return Tuesday, but made a "mutual" decision with ESPN to sit out Monday.
Report: ESPN tried to pull Jemele Hill off air Wednesday, other black hosts declined to fill in
AA’s @ClippitTV videos: Cowherd brags about FS1 beating ESPN2 in the ratings
A look at the top sports media videos over the last week on the video-sharing app Clippit.
