Hip Hop’s roots came from the streets then somewhere along the streets bled its way into the bars then interpretation was a segued to violence, an occurrence that is happening way too often in the Hip Hop industry. However to problem there is a solution and the solution always starts with dialogue, a dialogue that […]
ESPN will suffer a major loss at the start of September, as Jemele Hill will leave the network to pursue other ventures. Hill has been with ESPN since 2006 and has done everything from write for ESPN The Magazine to serve as a host for her own version of SportsCenter alongside Michael Smith. The news of Hill’s […]
ESPN insiders are spilling the tea about the “political divide” inside ESPN; claiming the network is desperate to move past its “liberal bias” label in wake of the drama centered around SC6, the short-lived SportsCenter show featuring Jemele Hill and Michael Smith. Per THR’s Marisa Guthrie, ESPN executive VP Norby Williamson actively celebrated when Hill quit the show, while VP of content Dave […]
Jemele Hill left the show earlier this year. Michael Smith has been vocal about how he didn’t like the way ESPN treated Jemele Hill after she called Trump a white supremacist—and about how the network ruined their show SportsCenter. On the podcast Origins, he revealed after Hill’s comments about Trump, ESPN didn’t allow them to engage […]
Jemele Hill took to Twitter Wednesday (Feb, 22) to thank the ladies of “The View” for giving her the opportunity to guest co-host and “tell my side of things.” The hot topic was the Trump tweet that almost got her fired from ESPN. Five months later, it’s still live on her account. “Donald Trump is a white supremacist who has […]
Some may think that just because ESPN’s Jemele Hill is known for her outspokenness, don’t assume that she’ll be responding to workplace drama from fellow associate Sage Steele who came for in a profile on Refinery 29 In the piece, Steele spoke about the attacks many of her fellow broadcasters have received on social media – like Barstool’s war-of-words […]
Why is Katie Nolan being treated differently? Remember when Jemele Hill was the target of conservatives and Donald Trump? Back in September, which feels like eons ago under the Trump administration, Hill called out Trump’s racism. The White House’s lyin’ press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders called for her to be fired and Trump demanded an apology. Jemele Hill was eventually […]
He says that any athlete who kneels during the National Anthem should be fired. President Donald Trump made reckless remarks—as per usual—about NFL players while speaking before a crowd in Huntsville, Alabama on Friday, reports BuzzFeed News. While delivering remarks at a campaign event for Sen. Luther Strange, he seemed to call out NFL free agent Colin Kaepernick over the […]
CNN anchor Brooke Baldwin was leading a discussion Friday afternoon over the ongoing controversy surrounding ESPN opting not to fire SportsCenterhost Jemele Hill for calling Donald Trump a “bigot” and “white supremacist” in a Twitter rant earlier this week. She was speaking with former ESPN senior editor and close friend of Hill’s, Keith Reed, and Clay Travis of Fox Sports when the […]
What will it take for big-name brands to stand behind their ambassadors when they need it most? After being fired by L’Oréal UK for speaking out against white supremacy, transgender model and activist Munroe Bergdorf’s inked a new deal with Illamasqua—the fearless beauty brand that “refuses to remain silent,” as stated in its recent anti-fascism pledge. “Munroe embodies […]
ESPN has long tried its best to keep its personalities from voicing overt political opinions on their airwaves or via social media, but in recent years their efforts to have employees “stick to sports” has come undone. As this has happened, the sports media giant has dealt with backlash from those who feel a political […]
ESPN's Jemele Hill and Michael Smith were joined by the show's original cast members Dawnn Lewis, Sinbad, Darryl M. Bell and Glynn Turman.