ESPN, yesterday, decided to lay off 100+ people today as they did their annual cuts. A lot of notable NBA, NFL, MLB and NHL beat writers got laid off and also anchors as well. This impact will have outrageous effects on the sports journalism industry.
Here is the list:
Anchors
Jade McCarthy
Marysol Castro
Jaymee Sire
Chris Hassel
Jay Crawford
Brendan Fitzgerald
College Football/NFL
Brett McMurphy
Ed Werder
Ashley Fox
Danny Kenell
Chantel Jennings
Greg Ostendorf
MLB
Jayson Stark
Jim Bowden
College Basketball/NBA
Calvin Watkins
Ethan Strauss
Justin Verrier
Len Elmore
Dana O’Neil
NHL
Pierre LeBrun
Scott Burnside
Joe McDonald
That is just some of the list, you can view the full list here: ESPN layoff: A running list of reporters, anchors fired by the network — The Washington Post.