Stephen A. Smith’s “People are misinterpreting what I’m saying” follow-up led to him actually apologizing later (updated)
"My segment on Ohtani this morning on First Take, people are misinterpreting what I'm saying."
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Keith Olbermann apologizes for “we should do our best to make sure the rest of his life is a living hell” tweet about...
Olbermann's initial tweet was "This pea-brained scumbag identifies himself as Hunter Waltman and we should do our best to make sure the rest of his life is a living hell. And the nitwit clown who wrote this fawning piece should be fired."
Adnan Virk: “I’m hurt that I was that replaceable for doing something I thought was relatively benign.” By ESPN’s standards, he’s right.
Virk's firing for leaking information stands in stark contrast to the small numbers of previous public firings by ESPN. It also appears to be the only punishment the company has handed out for leaking information, which looks like a relatively common ESPN practice.
Bomani Jones says “things have changed” since his 2015 comment that ESPN wouldn’t punish “factually undeniable” statements
“I think where things have changed from what I said [in 2015] to what I'm looking now at, is I never imagined that something factually true could prove to be as inflammatory as things that are factually true have proven to be.”
ESPN has pulled boxing analyst Teddy Atlas from calling live fights, reportedly based on his critical comments
Atlas said being removed from live fight coverage "wasn't my decision."
Michael Smith expected to host SC6 solo during Jemele Hill’s two-week suspension
There will be no direct replacement for suspended co-host Hill.
ESPN suspends Jemele Hill for two weeks after suggesting fans boycott Cowboys’ sponsors
ESPN denies Brent Musburger’s claim there was “no blowback” from Joe Mixon comments
When the news of Brent Musburger leaving ESPN and ABC to headline the new Vegas Sports and Information...