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to revisit the jackie talk above, she went on simmons pod and explained her retiring. she was one year into a three-year contract but between wanting to have time to care for aging parents and feeling like doing longform writing was getting harder while also being deemphasized by her employer, she was just kind of done.

the whole simmons angle vis a vis ESPN didn’t feel accidental to me, at least on his side

strauss is leaving the athletic to maybe not talk about the nba anymore?

https://houseofstrauss.substack.com/p/the-fleshy-part-of-the-thigh?r=11111&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&utm_source=twitter

i kinda feel that middle part

another step on the path to going fully right wing

yeah he might, he's always straddled the fence. maybe he joins up with bogut or something

can't wait to not pay for it lol

otm

always been wack and annoying

i thought he did some interesting stuff as a nerdy oddball beat writer, i like him much much less in his current form

the fact that he would admit to several ppl telling him “you’re the type of person who could reasonably say something stupid and get fired for it” …. why would you say this publicly

yah that part was dumb, the whole opening was dumb

"You got a dude, Ethan Strauss, who comes in here and just gives his whole opinion on stuff, and makes it seem like it's coming from me.."

Kevin Durant’s press conference, forcefully pushing back against the Knicks rumor and the media’s treatment of him pic.twitter.com/aqqbK7APh2

— Anthony Slater (@anthonyVslater) February 7, 2019

kd roasting him is still one of the highlights from that weird kd season.

i'm glad for his wide and child that he isn't sociopathic enough to do light racism to get fired from his job though i take him seriously that he absolutely thought about it

*wife

TIL that ethan has been on jesse singals podcast to talk about wokeness ruining sports!

i thought this would be coming in a year or two, delighted that we are ahead of schedule.

lol wasted NO time

people think the right wing grift is easy, and i mean it is but also theres a ton of churn, if i had a solid sportswriting job id stick with that

wow this is big!

Breaking News: @espn takes Rachel Nichols off @NBA programming

ESPN has taken Rachel Nichols off of all NBA programming and will cancel her weekday afternoon show “The Jump,” the network confirmed today.

Read the story: https://t.co/NP6wtWVL9h pic.twitter.com/0254ayg667

— Sports Business Journal (@sbjsbd) August 25, 2021

yikes! so they're basically firing her w/o firing her

Nichols has a year remaining on her contract and will still be paid, but won't be on-air.

— Andrew Marchand (@AndrewMarchand) August 25, 2021

wow. does she have other transgressions besides getting caught on a hot mic whining about someone getting an assignment over her? that has already sort of blown over, i thought?

leave it to espn to handle this in the stupidest way possible

the surprising part here to me is cancelling the jump at the same time, i thought it was pretty well-regarded.

i liked it for a time but way too much perk in recent months

wow. does she have other transgressions besides getting caught on a hot mic whining about someone getting an assignment over her? that has already sort of blown over, i thought?

― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Wednesday, August 25, 2021 12:50 PM (fifty-one minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

nothing public that i know of

Got to create a whole show and spend five years hanging out with some of my favorite people ❤️ talking about one my favorite things 🏀 An eternal thank you to our amazing producers & crew - The Jump was never built to last forever but it sure was fun. 😎
More to come… pic.twitter.com/FPMFRlfJin

— Rachel Nichols (@Rachel__Nichols) August 25, 2021

maybe she goes back to NFL coverage for a bit?

kill me

NEWS: Stephen A. Smith wants to team up with Magic Johnson on ESPN, The Post has learned.https://t.co/w3vQSzOACR

— Andrew Marchand (@AndrewMarchand) August 26, 2021

haha noooo

i think stephen a. is just looking for the ultimate challenge. trying to imagine cutting to the classic brand of stephen a. reaction shots after one of magic's non-takes. unintentional comedy of the kind i never want to see

in reading the article i guess the new head of nba content (the last one got bounced over the taylor/nichols thing) is tight with stephen a. and stephen a. is currently the network's biggest star, so it sure sounds like this is going to happen.

we already know how bad magic was at this why bring him back in

ESPN will launch 'NBA Today' - a new @ESPNNBA studio show - Monday, Oct. 18

Hosted by @malika_andrews with @KendrickPerkins, @mrvincecarter15, @chiney, @ZachLowe_NBA, @wojespn & @ramonashelburne

Mon-Fri | 3p ET | ESPN

*Debut episode to air on ESPN2*https://t.co/79uhFW5Wh3 pic.twitter.com/F5l6iQs34d

— ESPN PR (@ESPNPR) September 20, 2021

kendrick woj lowe is a pretty wildly divergent cast

Excited to announce I’m joining @espn as an NBA analyst! Let’s go!!! https://t.co/3SiZGO3I19

— JJ Redick (@jj_redick) October 27, 2021

the tony romo we deserve

Welcome to the Turner Sports family, @money23green!

The 3x NBA champ will contribute to Inside the NBA as an active player in a first-of-its-kind deal 👏🏿 pic.twitter.com/wXdIkq1ao2

— NBA on TNT (@NBAonTNT) January 27, 2022

here for this

yeh hes real good at it

yes!!!!

nice

was listening to lowe’s pod today and he shared that his mom had a stroke and isn’t doing well :(

Oh hell that sucks

i thought zach’s feed had been quiet recently. sometimes i want to clown him for having gotten a little cartoonish but he’s a good guy. i hope things improve.

i had no idea candace parker came out in december, has been married for two years to a russian hooper, with a baby on the way - she is the best

probably the best lady vol ever, and maybe the greatest woman’s player period?

lmao what a tool

What a fun NBA off-day in Miami. But we didn’t get Elon’s Finals prediction. pic.twitter.com/ruJQmDv7B2

— Kevin O'Connor (@KevinOConnorNBA) May 17, 2022

Thanks. I can’t imagine disliking someone who runs companies that employ some of the smartest and hardest-working people in the world creating tech that can make life better, safer, more efficient. And more fun. But to each their own. You do you too

— Kevin O'Connor (@KevinOConnorNBA) May 17, 2022

big elon guy huh

clown shit

sure did.

my logic is clear: i'm not complaining if i get a *really* good player, even if someone drafted later turns out better.

i grew up in houston. no one ever said "should've taken jordan." ayton ain't olajuwon, but luka ain't mike, so i think the analogy holds. https://t.co/z2JHzdq87G

— bomani (@bomani_jones) May 16, 2022

hahah that's really dumb

bomani is incapable of admitting hes wrong

correct