Lou Holtz gets public apology from Daily Beast after settling lawsuit
This settles Holtz's defamation lawsuit against the publication after comments at the 2016 Republican National Convention.
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Colin Cowherd says ‘political’ teams can’t be successful, as if the Eagles didn’t just win the Super Bowl
The argument was as lazy and dishonest as it sounds.
ESPN calls Katie Nolan’s “f***ing stupid” remark on President Trump “inappropriate,” says “we have addressed it with her”
"We have looked into the totality of Nolan’s comments, they were inappropriate and we have addressed it with her."
Charles Barkley will join Doug Jones at pre-election rally, says people are “brainwashed” into supporting Roy Moore
Barkley said a lot of Alabamians have been "brainwashed" to support Moore. "All you have to do is talk about God and say you don't like homosexuals ... and abortion."
Does New York Times’ new social media policy create a blueprint for ESPN to follow?
Distinguishing between reporting and editorializing has become difficult territory for many media outlets in this current political climate.
Jemele Hill: Tweets about Donald Trump “were about right and wrong”
"The intersection of sports and politics is the most pronounced we've seen in decades."
Jemele Hill was right, but ESPN may still need to address political commentary
Anything that buttresses the liberal ESPN narrative even remotely will cause it to flare up again.
President Trump lashes out at ESPN and requests apology for network’s politics
Conservatives at ESPN cite disciplining of Linda Cohn as double standard in handling of political commentary
ESPN statement disavows Jemele Hill’s tweets on President Trump as “a white supremacist”
"The comments on Twitter from Jemele Hill regarding the President do not represent the position of ESPN. We have addressed this with Jemele and she recognizes her actions were inappropriate."
Sean McDonough calls idea of ESPN directing political commentary “a bunch of nonsense”
McDonough said the only comments on politics he's ever heard from ESPN executives is in seminars, where politics is discussed as a topic to generally avoid on-air.
St. Paul Pioneer Press contributing sportswriter Tom Powers exits after “liberal pussies” rant
Spending five hours comparing Hilary Clinton to serial killers and complaining about "liberal pussies" led to backlash, and Powers eventually giving up his column.
ESPN exec slams FS1 for trying to create “liberal agenda” narrative
ESPN finally fires back at FS1 for pushing the narrative that ESPN leans left.
ESPN’s new political guidelines loosen restrictions, but may still cause some problems
New ESPN political guidelines may pose issues for those involved in "hard news."
Disney CEO Bob Iger defends ESPN against charges of political bias
Clay Travis’ move to conservative Nashville talk station isn’t unprecedented
At first glance, a sports show and a conservative talk station might be an odd fit. However, there’s...
Sage Steele posts about diversity on Facebook, gets criticized by Robert Littal
ESPN’s Sage Steele has been in the news a lot recently, first for criticizing Mike Evans’ anthem protest...
This Week In Hot Takes: Clay Travis wants athletes out of politics
In a world that has embraced debate, there are many hot sports takes out there in any given...
