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ESPN layoffs to hit on-camera personalities
CNN Money ^ | March 6, 2017: 10:47 AM ET | Ahiza Garcia

Posted on 03/06/2017 9:12:13 AM PST by COBOL2Java

ESPN will lay off some of the personalities who appear on TV, radio and online.

The cuts will only affect "talent" -- not rank-and-file employees, according to sources familiar with the matter.

The details are still being finalized, but layoffs are expected to take place through June.

(Excerpt) Read more at money.cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: espn; layoffs; sports
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To: Buckeye McFrog
The NHL reporterette in picture 2 is former (Academic All American) track star Katheryn Tappen who's been covering hockey for 10+ years and was married to an NHL player. It's true she does play the straight guy for the color commentators/analysts but she does know sports.

Just because these women are pretty doesn't mean they don't know sports.

61 posted on 03/06/2017 12:59:02 PM PST by Varda
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To: COBOL2Java

With the economy going through the roof, you’d think these would be salad days for the major tv networks. Really, how is it they thrived in those rancid Obama years but now suddenly can’t make a buck during the Trump years??

Were they getting kickbacks from Hillary and now that’s dried up?


62 posted on 03/06/2017 5:04:43 PM PST by OrangeHoof (Get used to it - President Donald J. Trump)
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To: IrishRoverMountain
If ESPN had railed against Kaepernick and the 9ers ‘Management’ they’d be in fine shape. They’d have MILLIONS more watching.

so true ping

63 posted on 03/06/2017 5:17:18 PM PST by alrea
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To: Grams A

Heck, they have a woman baseball announcer for Sunday Night Baseball. Totally unwatcheable.


64 posted on 03/06/2017 5:20:06 PM PST by 38special (For real, y'all.)
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To: 38special

All I can say is Good Grief. All this PC garbage has gone way too far. Women need to get back to being wives and mothers. Men need to be the primary breadwinner and protectors. Our family structure has been destroyed.


65 posted on 03/06/2017 6:04:45 PM PST by Grams A (The Sun will rise in the East in the morning and God is still on his throne.)
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To: Buckeye McFrog
This is the sign near the exit for ESPN:

(this actually was a sign near an exit for a rural town in my state...I guess they put the blue sign up, but it remained empty for years until some wag made a cutout of some sticky white paper and put it up there...I have to admit, it made me laugh, but there were some people really pissed about it!)

66 posted on 03/06/2017 7:44:52 PM PST by rlmorel (President Donald J. Trump ... Making Liberal Heads Explode, 140 Characters at a Time)
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To: rlmorel

LMAO. That is a hoot!


67 posted on 03/06/2017 7:45:39 PM PST by TADSLOS (Reset Underway!)
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To: COBOL2Java

I remember when ESPN was mostly concerned with sports.


68 posted on 03/06/2017 7:48:19 PM PST by meyer (The Constitution says what it says, and it doesn't say what it doesn't say.)
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To: TADSLOS

When I saw it, I could only imagine the conversation a married couple might have in a car...never mind the kids.

KID: “Dad...what is that sign?”

DAD: “Well, son...there are places where...”

MOM: “Don’t.” (followed by withering glare)


69 posted on 03/06/2017 7:48:44 PM PST by rlmorel (President Donald J. Trump ... Making Liberal Heads Explode, 140 Characters at a Time)
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To: rlmorel

LMAO! The one thing that would make it better would be the ATM symbol right next to it so you could walk in with a fist full of dollar bills.


70 posted on 03/06/2017 7:51:26 PM PST by TADSLOS (Reset Underway!)
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To: Irish Eyes

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71 posted on 03/06/2017 8:29:08 PM PST by Irish Eyes
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To: Enterprise
Will they let Chris Berman go?

If they dumped Vermin and Dickie "the Shill" Vitale, the cost savings from what they pay those two prima donnas would probably move Mickey Mouse Sports back into the black.

Of course, their programming will still suck, but...

72 posted on 03/06/2017 8:32:45 PM PST by ssaftler (Hillary calls us the "alt-right". I call her and her friends the "Ctrl-Left".)
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To: TADSLOS

OMG. Heck, they probably have a cop parked near that sign all the time now!


73 posted on 03/06/2017 8:40:57 PM PST by rlmorel (President Donald J. Trump ... Making Liberal Heads Explode, 140 Characters at a Time)
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To: COBOL2Java

Since Heidi Watney works for MLB, the only sports reporter I want to look upon is safe.


74 posted on 03/06/2017 8:43:01 PM PST by Rastus
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To: COBOL2Java

ESPN is a Disney property. In keeping with Disney culture, I really hope they promote some very out homos to on-camera slots.


75 posted on 03/06/2017 8:53:15 PM PST by Sgt_Schultze (If a border fence isn't effective, why is there a border fence around the White House?)
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To: meyer
I remember when ESPN was mostly concerned with sports.

Heh! I remember when newspapers were mostly concerned with reporting the news.

76 posted on 03/07/2017 3:35:16 AM PST by COBOL2Java ("Game over, man, game over!" (my advice to DemocRATs))
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To: Enterprise

Pole dancers reporting? I like the image.

Elegance and sports don’t mix that well together, but ESPN has tried.

Bring back the coach’s shirts, lose the pimp suits and jewelry; it’s sports, not a modeling show.

Remember the E in ESPN: ENTERTAINMENT.


77 posted on 03/07/2017 3:46:04 AM PST by Loud Mime (Liberalism: Intolerance masquerading as tolerance, Ignorance masquerading as Intelligence)
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