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Rachel Nichols: ESPN ditches reporter after race row.
Rachel Nichols: ESPN ditches reporter after race row.
ESPN has cancelled Rachel Nichols’ daily basketball show “The Jump,” which she has hosted for five years, and taken her off NBA programming, the channel confirmed on Wednesday.
The move comes more than a month after her disparaging comments about colleague Maria Taylor were reported in the New York Times.
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In a phone conversation with an advisor to LeBron James — that was accidentally recorded — Ms Nichols — who is white — had said that Ms Taylor — who is Black — was asked to host the 2020 NBA finals coverage because the channel executives were “feeling pressure” on diversity.
Ms Taylor has since left ESPN and moved to NBC.
David Roberts, who was named last week to oversee the network’s NBA coverage, said in a statement: “We mutually agreed that this approach regarding our NBA coverage was best for all concerned.
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