LeBron James endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris in her run for the presidency earlier this week, and he expounded on that with reporters on Friday. Reporter Jemele Hill used this as a jumping-off point to discuss Nick Bosa’s decision to crash a postgame interview with a “Make America Great Again” hat and keep relatively quiet … Read more
Former ESPNer Jemele Hill downplayed Caitlin Clark’s effect on the growth in popularity of women’s basketball, while also calling out the media for not affording the same coverage to black players. While acknowledging that Clark is “stoking overall curiosity,” Hill told uproxx.com that the star Iowa guard is riding the waves of an overall increase … Read more
Jimmy Kimmel went after Aaron Rodgers’ intelligence. And Jemele Hill followed suit. Hill, a former ESPN personality, ripped Rodgers on CNN following the quarterback’s rant session on Tuesday’s edition of the “The Pat McAfee Show.” “What really is annoying is that he’s on a weekly, mainstream media platform complaining about the mainstream media censoring him,” … Read more
Ghosts of ESPN’s past have chimed in after Pat McAfee took shots at network executive Norby Williamson on his show on Friday. Following a column by The Post’s Andrew Marchand which opined that McAfee would need to get better TV ratings to justify a $17 million annual salary and the headaches he brings to ESPN … Read more
Jemele Hill knows a thing or two about drama at ESPN. The former “SportsCenter” host, who worked for the media giant from 2006 until she left the network in October 2018, didn’t hold back while discussing the Aaron Rodgers-Jimmy Kimmel controversy — and explained why ESPN needs to get a handle on the situation before … Read more
ESPN’s massive layoffs are affecting those that don’t even work at the network anymore. Several big names were among Friday’s exodus of on-air talent, including hotel likes of Jeff Van Gundy, Max Kellerman, Keyshawn Johnson, Todd McShay, Suzy Kolber and Jalen Rose in the Worldwide Leader’s third round of layoffs. For some of ESPN’s former personalities, … Read more