{"id":292372,"date":"2021-07-07T00:19:30","date_gmt":"2021-07-06T21:19:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/espns-adrian-wojnarowski-latest-target-in-rachel-nichols-drama\/"},"modified":"2021-07-07T00:19:30","modified_gmt":"2021-07-06T21:19:30","slug":"espns-adrian-wojnarowski-latest-target-in-rachel-nichols-drama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/espns-adrian-wojnarowski-latest-target-in-rachel-nichols-drama\/","title":{"rendered":"#ESPN&#8217;s Adrian Wojnarowski latest target in Rachel Nichols drama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#ESPN&#8217;s Adrian Wojnarowski latest target in Rachel Nichols drama<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>They\u2019re the worldwide leader in drama.<\/p>\n<p>In a messy weekend at ESPN in which a video surfaced of \u201cThe Jump\u201d host Rachel Nichols making disparaging comments about Maria Taylor, suggesting she got preferential treatment due to \u201cdiversity,\u201d the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/07\/04\/sports\/basketball\/espn-rachel-nichols-maria-taylor.html\">New York Times reported<\/a> in the same story that the network\u2019s NBA insider Adrian Wojnarowski had called Nichols a \u201cbad teammate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now, some of that heat is being passed over to Woj. Ex-ESPNer Amin Elhassan <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>eared on an episode of \u201cThe Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz,\u201d and ripped Wojnarowski over his own alleged questionable history (the comments begin around the 41-minute mark.)<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Dan Le Batard Show With Stugotz LIVE! | Tuesday, July 6th, 2021\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aJiWTq-zCYI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cAre you f\u2013king s\u2013tting me? This guy is going to call someone a bad teammate? For real? For real?\u201d Elhassan asked Le Batard, who is also a former ESPN employee and had somewhat of a public falling out of his own.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo we want to talk about the black careers that he put a foot on because he was threatened by? Do we want to talk about that? Do you wanna talk about the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>breakers \u2014 with an \u2019S\u2019 \u2014 of diverse backgrounds, who have rapports with players that Adrian doesn\u2019t have. That he saw as threatening because his sources are all front office people, and assistant coaches trying to move up, and maybe a video coordinator who\u2019s trying to get a better job somewhere else?<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" alt=\"Amin Elhassan (left) took shots at ESPN insider Adrian Wojnarowski.\" class=\"wp-image-18737723 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/amin-elhassan-adrian-wojnarowski.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/amin-elhassan-adrian-wojnarowski.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/amin-elhassan-adrian-wojnarowski.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/amin-elhassan-adrian-wojnarowski.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/amin-elhassan-adrian-wojnarowski.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Amin Elhassan (left) took shots at ESPN insider Adrian Wojnarowski.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cBut he can\u2019t talk to LeBron, and he can\u2019t talk to Chris Paul or Damian Lillard or some of these other guys. He doesn\u2019t have that rapport with them. So what he does is he steps on them \u2026 He steps on a lot of people over there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Elhassan also claimed that Wojnarowski is notorious for putting his name on other people\u2019s work. Jemele Hill, who was also a guest on the show and is a former ESPN employee as well, suggested that both Wojnarowski and Nichols have the reputation for being \u201cruthless.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" alt=\"Rachel Nichols during the 2021 Western Conference Finals.\" class=\"wp-image-18737757 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/rachel-nichols-espn.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/rachel-nichols-espn.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/rachel-nichols-espn.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/rachel-nichols-espn.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/07\/rachel-nichols-espn.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Rachel Nichols during the 2021 Western Conference Finals.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In the fallout from all the drama, Nichols has been taken off the sidelines for the NBA Finals, replaced by Malika Andrews. Her episode of \u201cThe Jump\u201d on Tuesday was also cancelled.<\/p>\n<p>Another former ESPN talking head, Michelle Beadle, appeared to have some fun at the network\u2019s expense Tuesday, posting a laughing meme from \u201cGoodfellas.\u201d\n            <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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