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After months of controversy involving an internally-leaked phone conversation, questions about management, conversations about diversity, fraught contract negotiations and the departure of two of the network’s top female hosts, ESPN announced on Friday a new show to replace its Rachel Nichols-fronted daily NBA…

With the NBA preseason set to start in about six weeks, ESPN has removed Rachel Nichols from its coverage of the league and canceled what is arguably its flagship NBA-focused show, The Jump, which Nichols fronted. Nichols’ last appearance on the show was August 16. Since then, it has been hosted by ESPN NBA reporter…

ESPN said Wednesday that it is parting ways NBA Countdown and NBA Finals host Maria Taylor after failing to come to terms on a contract extension. The news comes a day after what has turned out to be Taylor’s final assignment: covering the deciding Game 6 of the NBA Finals won by the Milwaukee Bucks. "Maria's…

In a memo sent to ESPN employees on Friday, ESPN chairman Jimmy Pitaro addressed what he called “nuanced and complicated personnel matters” related to “recent events.” Those events revolve around leaked comments made by one of the the network’s highest-profile female hosts Rachel Nichols, who is white, and another of…

UPDATE, 8:45: ESPN anchor Maria Taylor has finally spoken out in the wake of the controversy surrounding remarks made about her by fellow employee Rachel Nichols. Taylor posted to Twitter a message that didn’t address Nichols, but alluded to “dark times” She kept her message upbeat and positive and accompanied it with…

Shortly before tip off of the first game of the 2021 NBA Finals, league commissioner addressed the turmoil at one of the league’s premiere TV partners, ESPN, surrounding hosts Rachel Nichols and Maria Taylor. Asked by reporters about the controversy over Nichols leaked comments regarding ESPN and Taylor, Silver called…

On the day of the start of the NBA Finals, ESPN’s premiere daily NBA show was missing from the network’s schedule. Instead, according to the New York Post, viewers who tuned in on Tuesday found the two-man team of Jalen & Jacoby, who are usually The Jump‘s lead-in. A subsequent Jump schedule spot was filled by the…

Gravitas Demigod Deal EXCLUSIVE: Gravitas Ventures has acquired North American rights to director Miles Doleac's Demigod starring Rachel Nichols (Continuum). The movie the story of a woman (Nichols) who travels with her husband (Yohance Myles) to Germany’s Black Forest upon learning that her huntsman grandfather has…

EXCLUSIVE: Rachel Nichols (G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, The Man in the High Castle), Bob Gunton (The Shawshank Redemption, 24), Austin Stowell (Catch-22, Bridge of Spies), Briana Middleton (The Tender Bar), David Walton (New Girl, Bad Moms), Reese Alexander (The Interview, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina), and Peyton Li…

EXCLUSIVE: Continuum and Rage star Rachel Nichols is set to star in the horror film Demigod from The Dinner Party writer-director Miles Doleac. Nichols will play Robin, who travels with her husband Leo (Yohance Myles) to Germany’s Black Forest upon the death of her huntsman grandfather. Soon after arriving at his…

EXCLUSIVE: Former Continuum star Rachel Nichols has signed with Buchwald for representation. She was previously with UTA. Nichols starred as Kiera Cameron on drama series Continuum, which aired for four seasons on Syfy. She recently wrapped a recurring arc on the Greg Berlanti and Akiva Goldsman-produced Titans and…

ESPN has tapped returning reporter Rachel Nichols as host of a new, daily NBA-focused program. The Jump is slated to debut Thursday, February 18 when NBA games resume following the All-Star break. Airing on ESPN at 3:30 PM ET Monday-Friday, the half-hour program originating from ESPN’s L.A. studios, will include…