ESPN’s Jemele Hill OUT As Host Of SportsCenter ‘SC6’


Sports Illustrated – ESPN SportsCenter anchor Jemele Hill is leaving the 6:00 p.m. SC6 edition of SportsCenter to join the staff of The Undefeated, the ESPN microsite that fuses sports, race and culture, as well as other additional assignments. Multiple sources confirmed that Hill asked management for the​ switch. She is expected to depart SC6 the first week of February. Hill has three years remaining on her ESPN deal.

ESPN management, as of this writing, has not yet responded to an interview request regarding the news.

As this column wrote in October when it predicted Hill’s tenure as the co-host of the 6 p.m. ET edition of SportsCenter would end, Hill’s departure from SportsCenter will not be a shock to those in Bristol. ESPN management clearly has limits to the speech it will allow from front-facing talent on social media, particularly those representing the SportsCenter brand, and Hill likely did not feel her show had management’s unwavering support given the events of 2017.

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