Maria Taylor is on the move. The ESPN host and reporter, who has led the channel’s NBA pregame show NBA Countdown, is leaving the channel after the two sides were unable to come to terms on a…
Taylor’s departure comes after an intra-ESPN dispute involving the host spilled into public view in recent weeks.story, which was published on July 4. The story included audio from a phone call between ESPN’s other lead NBA host and on-air reporter Rachel Nichols, and Adam Mendelsohn, an adviser to Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James.
The Times story was published just a few weeks before Taylor’s contract was set to expire on July 20, with subsequent stories detailing the negotiations between Taylor and the Disney-owned sports giant. In the leaked audio, which was recorded amid the novel coronavirus pandemic last year, Nichols complained about Taylor being selected to host NBA Countdown. Nichols, who is white, suggested that Taylor, who is Black, may have gotten the job not because of her talent or experience but because the channel was looking to diversify its hosting ranks.
“I wish Maria Taylor all the success in the world — she covers football, she covers basketball,” Nichols said in the recording from July 2020. “If you need to give her more things to do because you are feeling pressure about your crappy longtime record on diversity — which, by the way, I know personally from the female side of it — like, go for it. Just find it somewhere else. You are not going to find it from me or taking my thing away.
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