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8 year oldWhy all that talent is headed out the door at ESPN
April 28, 2016 at 15:57
Since last year, ESPN has ended its relationship with other high-profile personalities, including Keith Olbermann, Jason Whitlock, Bill Simmons and Colin Cowherd.
If ESPN were one of the teams ESPN covers, it might describe itself as an organization "in transition," which is a dainty sports cliche that means the immediate future isn't as promising as the recent past. One reason for pessimism: the "Worldwide Leader in Sports" has seen a steady drain of superstar talent over the past 10 months, an exodus that is occurring amid deeper structural changes that are eroding ESPN's once-unassailable fortress. On Tuesday, the network lost Skip Bayless, a fulminating, at-times infuriating commentator who has been a star at the network for 12 years, most recently on a daytime chatfest called "First Take" that airs on ESPN2. Bayless and ESPN announced that he is leaving the network, but neither said whe-re he is going. ...
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