ESPN to drop 100 on air personalities

[nmduke2001]

More than twice what was first reported. I wonder if any of "our" guys will get the pink slip.

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/e...123057142.html

[kAzE]

Dana O'Neil is gone!

[Atlanta Duke]

More than twice what was first reported. I wonder if any of "our" guys will get the pink slip.

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/e...123057142.html

I would be stunned if the two Jays did not stay - Seth Greenberg maybe not so much

Running list of announced layoffs with this link

http://deadspin.com/a-running-list-o...ffs-1794664091

[duke74]

You reap what you sow.

[Karl Beem]

More than twice what was first reported. I wonder if any of "our" guys will get the pink slip.

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/e...123057142.html

ESPN not mentioned on page linked.

[kAzE]

Here's a list of confirmed lay-offs thus far:

Ed Werder
John Buccigross
Dana O'Neil
Pierre LeBrun
Scott Burnside
Joe McDonald
Austin Ward
Brendan Fitzgerald
Paul Kuharsky

These people will stay on, but have their roles "significantly reduced":

Karl Ravitch
Ryen Russillo
Hannah Storm

[SlapTheFloor]

I have a list if ESPN would like to cheat off me. Seth is definitely near the top. Stephen A Smith would be up there as well.

[nmduke2001]

Here's a list of confirmed lay-offs thus far:

Ed Werder
John Buccigross
Dana O'Neil
Pierre LeBrun
Scott Burnside
Joe McDonald
Austin Ward
Brendan Fitzgerald
Paul Kuharsky

These people will stay on, but have their roles "significantly reduced":

Karl Ravitch
Ryen Russillo
Hannah Storm

Werder and Buccigross really surprise me.

I listen to A LOT of ESPN radio. I really like Le Batard, though I understand why many don't. I don't get Russillo at all. He's so self-involved. I usually turn it off. I did have the misfortune of listening one day where he said, "the very first time I saw Grayson Allen in high school, I wanted to punch him in the face." That's just a strange thing for a grown man to say about a teenager. Why would you want to punch someone without knowing anything about them? Let's just say, I'm not terribly sorry that his role is reducing. Hopefully Bomani takes his time slot.

I would guess that Mike Golic's role will be reduced as well. It's already been confirmed that Greeny is leaving Mike and Mike to do a morning "talk show" on ESPN. Not sure that leaves a place for Golic.

[flyingdutchdevil]

Dana O'Neil is gone!

So excited by this.

[Owen Meany]

Honestly didn't realize there were that many on air personalities at ESPN.hate for anyone to lose their job. Except for the lady who said someone needed to knock Grayson Allen out.

[flyingdutchdevil]

Honestly didn't realize there were that many on air personalities at ESPN.hate for anyone to lose their job. Except for the lady who said someone needed to knock Grayson Allen out.

Or the lady who started the hate for Grayson Allen.

[devildeac]

I have a list if ESPN would like to cheat off me. Seth is definitely near the top. Stephen A Smith would be up there as well.

I'm available to for some suggestions...

[kAzE]

Honestly didn't realize there were that many on air personalities at ESPN.hate for anyone to lose their job. Except for the lady who said someone needed to knock Grayson Allen out.

That would be Michelle Beadle, who is #1 on my remaining wishlist. Uncle Fester has no idea what he's talking about most of the time, but he's harmless. Anybody who advocates for violence against college kids needs to be taken off the air.

[Dukehky]

Werder and Buccigross really surprise me.

I listen to A LOT of ESPN radio. I really like Le Batard, though I understand why many don't. I don't get Russillo at all. He's so self-involved. I usually turn it off. I did have the misfortune of listening one day where he said, "the very first time I saw Grayson Allen in high school, I wanted to punch him in the face." That's just a strange thing for a grown man to say about a teenager. Why would you want to punch someone without knowing anything about them? Let's just say, I'm not terribly sorry that his role is reducing. Hopefully Bomani takes his time slot.

I would guess that Mike Golic's role will be reduced as well. It's already been confirmed that Greeny is leaving Mike and Mike to do a morning "talk show" on ESPN. Not sure that leaves a place for Golic.

I think you misheard, he was always like, yeah Grayson is annoying, but you want him suspended for 5 games for that? Get out of here. Russillo is BY FAR the best guy on the radio. He doesn't do hot takes, he's not stupid, he's really plugged into the NBA. I think his snark is funny, but I'm definitely in his target demographic. Kannell, on the other hand, is horrible.

[Atlanta Duke]

Honestly didn't realize there were that many on air personalities at ESPN.hate for anyone to lose their job. Except for the lady who said someone needed to knock Grayson Allen out.

That "journalist" was promoted to anchor NBA Countdown after her comments about Grayson Allen - Michelle Beadle is not going away

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...spn/100063726/

[kAzE]

I think you misheard, he was always like, yeah Grayson is annoying, but you want him suspended for 5 games for that? Get out of here. Russillo is BY FAR the best guy on the radio. He doesn't do hot takes, he's not stupid, he's really plugged into the NBA. I think his snark is funny, but I'm definitely in his target demographic. Kannell, on the other hand, is horrible.

100% agreed. Love Russillo, but Kanell drives me nuts, and killed that radio show for me. I miss SVP & Russillo. That was the best daily sports podcast . . .

Occasionally, Russillo does solo NBA podcasts, which are actually quite good. Hopefully, Kannell gets the axe . . .

[nmduke2001]

I think you misheard, he was always like, yeah Grayson is annoying, but you want him suspended for 5 games for that? Get out of here. Russillo is BY FAR the best guy on the radio. He doesn't do hot takes, he's not stupid, he's really plugged into the NBA. I think his snark is funny, but I'm definitely in his target demographic. Kannell, on the other hand, is horrible.

I'm positive that I didn't mishear him. I remember thinking how strange it was for a grown man to admit that he wanted to punch a teenager. Maybe it's the mix of Kannell and Russillo, but I really dislike that show.

[kAzE]

That "journalist" was promoted to anchor NBA Countdown after her comments about Grayson Allen - Michelle Beadle is not going away

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...spn/100063726/

Wow . . . Sage Steele out and Beadle gets to stay? What kind of f'ed up logic is that? Must have been money related . . .

[Billy Dat]

I think you misheard, he was always like, yeah Grayson is annoying, but you want him suspended for 5 games for that? Get out of here. Russillo is BY FAR the best guy on the radio. He doesn't do hot takes, he's not stupid, he's really plugged into the NBA. I think his snark is funny, but I'm definitely in his target demographic. Kannell, on the other hand, is horrible.

I also like Russillo. He has cultivated kind of a cocky d-head persona, which I think is close to his actual personality BUT I think he really knows his stuff and is usually very fair. I think he could see the writing on the wall because he gave an extremely honest and ESPN-critical podcast interview to SI media critic Richard Deitsch a few months ago...well worth checking out:

https://player.fm/series/si-media-po...-ryen-russillo

[Troublemaker]

I know I should already know this, and I'm sure it's been discussed on DBR before, but this is basically the result of cord-cutters, right?

If a bunch of personalities I don't like end up getting chopped, I might have to look into this cord-cutting myself. Do my part and pitch in, you know?