{"id":497754,"date":"2022-09-30T23:35:27","date_gmt":"2022-09-30T20:35:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/rachel-nichols-lands-at-showtime-after-her-messy-espn-exit\/"},"modified":"2022-09-30T23:35:27","modified_gmt":"2022-09-30T20:35:27","slug":"rachel-nichols-lands-at-showtime-after-her-messy-espn-exit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/rachel-nichols-lands-at-showtime-after-her-messy-espn-exit\/","title":{"rendered":"#Rachel Nichols lands at Showtime after her messy ESPN exit"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a36e7804f937\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a36e7804f937\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/rachel-nichols-lands-at-showtime-after-her-messy-espn-exit\/#%E2%80%9CRachel_Nichols_lands_at_Showtime_after_her_messy_ESPN_exit%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Rachel Nichols lands at Showtime after her messy ESPN exit&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CRachel_Nichols_lands_at_Showtime_after_her_messy_ESPN_exit%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Rachel Nichols lands at Showtime after her messy ESPN exit&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Rachel Nichols has landed a new deal with Showtime after a controversial exit from ESPN last year.<\/p>\n<p>The network announced the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> in a release on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are delighted to welcome Rachel Nichols to the Showtime Basketball family,\u201d said Brian Dailey, SVP of sports programming &amp; content at Showtime, in a statement. \u201cRachel brings unmatched journalistic credibility, great familiarity with our roster and a work ethic that will take us to another level.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Added Nichols: \u201cI\u2019ve been so fortunate to live my dream job alongside some of the best journalists in the business for more than 25 years, and this new development deal with Showtime Sports gives me my most broad playing field yet. They\u2019ve asked me to produce, create and host new sports programming across platforms, working alongside Hall of Famers, multiple guys with championship rings and an uber-creative team behind the camera. We\u2019re going to have so much fun.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nichols began her career in sports journalism at the Washington Post. She joined ESPN in 2004. After a brief interlude at CNN and Turner Sports that began in 2013, Nichols returned to the ESPN in 2016.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/GettyImages-1234438103.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Rachel Nichols joined Showtime, the network announced.\" class=\"wp-image-24078453\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/GettyImages-1234438103.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/GettyImages-1234438103.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Rachel Nichols joined Showtime, the network announced.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">NBAE via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In her latest round there, Nichols hosted \u201cThe Jump,\u201d a daily NBA program that was <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a>ly acclaimed. <\/p>\n<p>Controversy began swirling in the 2020 NBA bubble, though. <\/p>\n<p>Last year, the New York Times revealed that Nichols was surreptitiously recorded by an ESPN employee during what Nichols believed to be a private phone conversation with Adam Mendelsohn, a longtime advisor of LeBron James and James\u2019 agent Rich Paul.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"663\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Maria-Taylor.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Maria Taylor at the 2021 NBA Finals.\" class=\"wp-image-21089446\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Maria-Taylor.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Maria-Taylor.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Maria-Taylor.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/Maria-Taylor.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Maria Taylor at the 2021 NBA Finals.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">NBAE via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Nichols was upset that her role hosting the NBA Countdown studio show had been usurped by Maria Taylor.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>\u201cI wish Maria Taylor all the success in the world \u2014 she covers football, she covers basketball,\u201d Nichols said on the secretly recorded call in July of 2020. \u201cIf you need to give her more things to do because you are feeling pressure about your cr<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>y longtime record on diversity \u2014 which, by the way, I know personally from the female side of it \u2014 like, go for it. Just find it somewhere else. You are not going to find it from me or taking my thing away.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nichols is white and Taylor is black. The fallout from the phone call festered behind the scenes for nearly a year, as Nichols sought to apologize but Taylor declined to have a conversation with her. <\/p>\n<p>After the Times published the call last July, ESPN removed Nichols from its NBA coverage. Several months later, Nichols and the network formally parted ways. <\/p>\n<p>At the time of the parting, The Post\u2019s Andrew Marchand wrote that the fiasco was a result of \u201cembarrassing, indecisive management\u201d at all layers of ESPN. <\/p>\n<p>Taylor has since left ESPN for NBC Sports.\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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