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news.yahoo.comESPN taking Rachel Nichols off its NBA programming
ESPN-Nichols Basketball FILE - In this July 20, 2021, file photo, ESPN reporter Rachel Nichols walks on the court after Game 6 of basketball's NBA Finals between the Milwaukee Bucks and Phoenix Suns in Milwaukee. ESPN is cancelling Nichols’ “The Jump” show and pulling her off NBA programming. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File) (Paul Sancya)LOS ANGELES — (AP) — ESPN is canceling Rachel Nichols’ show, “The Jump,” and pulling her off NBA programming, almost two months after it was revealed she was caught on audio tape suggesting a colleague's promotion was diversity-related. Roberts also will be responsible for revamping and finding a host for the network's “NBA Countdown” show, given Maria Taylor's departure to NBC. ESPN replaced Nichols with Malika Andrews as its sideline reporter for the NBA Finals following the report.
wftv.comESPN taking Rachel Nichols off its NBA programming
ESPN-Nichols Basketball FILE - In this July 20, 2021, file photo, ESPN reporter Rachel Nichols walks on the court after Game 6 of basketball's NBA Finals between the Milwaukee Bucks and Phoenix Suns in Milwaukee. ESPN is cancelling Nichols’ “The Jump” show and pulling her off NBA programming. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File) (Paul Sancya)LOS ANGELES — (AP) — ESPN is cancelling Rachel Nichols’ show, “The Jump,” and pulling her off NBA programming. Nichols came under fire, though, after a New York Times report on July 4 detailed critical comments she made about Taylor. ESPN replaced Nichols with Malika Andrews as its sideline reporter for the NBA Finals following the report.
wftv.comESPN takes Nichols off NBA Finals duty after leaked comments
NBA Finals ESPN Nichols Basketball FILE - In this Friday, July 31, 2020, file photo, ESPN reporter Rachel Nichols stands on the court before an NBA basketball game between the Houston Rockets and the Dallas Mavericks, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. In a decision announced Tuesday, July 6, 2021, ESPN has replaced Nichols as its sideline reporter for the NBA Finals following a report detailing critical comments she made about Black colleague Maria Taylor. (Mike Ehrmann/Pool Photo via AP, File) (Mike Ehrmann)PHOENIX — (AP) — ESPN has replaced Rachel Nichols as its sideline reporter for the NBA Finals following a report detailing critical comments she made about Black colleague Maria Taylor. Nichols, who is white, has been the sideline reporter for its top national games this season and for last year's NBA Finals. Taylor will again host the NBA Finals pregame and halftime shows, though the New York Post reported that her contract ends later this month and she had rejected an extension.
wftv.comESPN takes Nichols off NBA Finals duty after leaked comments
PHOENIX — (AP) — ESPN has replaced Rachel Nichols as its sideline reporter for the NBA Finals following a report detailing critical comments she made about Black colleague Maria Taylor. The network announced Tuesday that Malika Andrews would handle that role for the series between the Phoenix Suns and Milwaukee Bucks. Nichols has been the sideline reporter for its top national games this season and for last year's NBA Finals. But the switch was made after the New York Times reported Sunday on her comments last year, when she learned Taylor would lead the network's studio show instead of her during the league's restart at Walt Disney World. Taylor will again host the NBA Finals pregame and halftime shows, though the New York Post reported that her contract ends later this month and she had rejected an extension.
wftv.comESPN trying to mend relationships between Maria Taylor and costar Rachel Nichols after ‘diversity’ comments
A New York Times report released Sunday morning alleges that there is heavy internal conflict throughout ESPN due to comments made nearly a year ago by broadcaster Rachel Nichols about her colleague and fellow broadcaster Maria Taylor, and that Jimmy Pitaro, ESPN’s president, is working overtime to fix the issue. Per the article, a phone call from July 2020 was leaked between Nichols and Adam Mendelsohn, who is LeBron James’ longtime advisor, in which Nichols said that Taylor was selected to host last year’s NBA Finals coverage instead of her, for “diversity” reasons.
news.yahoo.comNBA Experience at Disney Springs is now open
There was whole squad of sports stars on hand Monday for the NBA Experience at the Disney Springs shopping and entertainment center near Orlando. The attraction isnt in a theme park at Walt Disney World, but at the dining and entertainment complex. On the ground level, an exhibit spotlighting NBA and WNBA players, the Combine experience and the NBA Store await. Upstairs there are more activities, including a dunking and slingshot experience and a basketball court where a game clock counts down your shots. The NBA Experience is located at 1486 Buena Vista Drive in Lake Buena Vista.
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