
ESPN removes Rachel Nichols from NBA protection, cancels her present 'The Soar'
ESPN has eliminated Rachel Nichols from NBA protection and canceled her weekday present “The Soar.”
Nichols confirmed the information on Twitter Wednesday.
“Obtained to create an entire present and spend 5 years hanging out with a few of my favourite folks speaking about one my favourite issues An everlasting thanks to our superb producers & crew – The Soar was by no means constructed to final without end, but it surely certain was enjoyable. Extra to come back,” Nichols mentioned on Twitter.
In a press release to Sports activities Enterprise Journal, David Roberts, ESPN’s senior vice chairman of manufacturing, mentioned that each side “mutually agreed that this strategy relating to our NBA protection was finest for all involved.”
Information of Nichols’ departure comes lower than two months after the New York Instances printed leaked feedback Nichols made about colleague Maria Taylor through the 2020 NBA bubble.
In keeping with the Instances, Nichols, who’s white, mentioned that Taylor bought her job internet hosting NBA Countdown as a result of she is Black.
Nichols later apologized for her feedback.
Taylor introduced in July that she was leaving the sports activities community after she couldn’t attain an settlement on a contract extension with ESPN.
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