Rachel Nichols' ESPN Show Is Canceled After Her Comments About Maria Taylor
NPRRachel Nichols' ESPN Show Is Canceled After Her Comments About Maria Taylor Enlarge this image toggle caption Michael J. LeBrecht II/NBAE via Getty Images Michael J. LeBrecht II/NBAE via Getty Images ESPN has removed Rachel Nichols from NBA coverage and has canceled her show The Jump, the network confirmed Thursday. "We mutually agreed that this approach regarding our NBA coverage was best for all concerned," David Roberts, ESPN's senior vice president of production, said in a statement. In the July 2020 recording, Nichols, who is white, is heard suggesting that Taylor got her job hosting the marquee program NBA Countdown during the NBA finals because she is Black. She later apologized on The Jump, saying she respected her ESPN colleagues and noting that she was "deeply, deeply sorry" for "disappointing those I hurt, particularly Maria Taylor."
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