20+ Meltdowns That Almost Destroyed ESPN

Published on 12/02/2017
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Bill Simmons

Former ESPN sportscaster Bill Simmons publicly spoke out about some network bosses and their coverage of NFL commissioner Roger Goodell. This then turned into a heavy public feud and Simmons left ESPN.

Bill Simmons

Bill Simmons

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Colin Cowherd

On his ESPN radio show, in 2015, Colin Cowherd said, “I’ve never bought into that ‘baseball is just too complex.’ A third of the sport is from the Dominican Republic. The Dominican Republic has not been known, in my lifetime, as having world-class academic abilities.” Obviously, that comment was not positively taken.

Colin Cowherd

Colin Cowherd

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