Michelle Beadle will host the NBA pregame and halftime studio shows for ABC and ESPN through the NBA Finals.
Beadle, who has been handling that role during ESPN's Wednesday and Friday regular-season games, will lead the network's coverage throughout the playoffs, including ESPN's telecasts of the Western Conference finals.
She replaces former host Sage Steele, who will be leading ESPN's "SportsCenter on the Road" coverage that includes the finals.
ESPN says Tuesday that Beadle will continue to serve as a co-host for "SportsNation."
4. "I'm mainly curious what caused the sudden change." In response to Reply # 2
Michelle Beadle just starting doing coverage for the NBA the past season or two, right? I was assuming ESPN allowed Steele to do those political statement posts on social media, so I'm surprised they would check her like this. Not to say I support her opinions, but it's interesting to see her get demoted like this.
"Sean sparks like John Starks, nah, Sean ball like John Wall" - Rest In Power Forever Sean Price.
I've seen Bomani Jones on multiple occasions say that ESPN tells him not to speak on certain political subjects on his twitter feed. So you think she went outside of ESPN's permission to make her social media posts Outside of her twitter and instagram posts, I've seen her host a Facebook video chat with Jalen Rose that delved into that whole Andre Iguodala issue. And I believe it was in the ESPN offices, so I kind of find it hard to believe she wouldn't do all those social media posts without ESPN's explicit consent.
"Sean sparks like John Starks, nah, Sean ball like John Wall" - Rest In Power Forever Sean Price.
16. "ESPN has never stopped anyone from tweeting anything." In response to Reply # 13
But ESPN will give you the talk after you say something, just like they did with Bo and the Caucasians shirt. And if you don't get right after they tell you to, you're done. That's what got Simmons and Schilling--after ESPN told them to cut it out, they kept on, and the company fired them for insubordination.
Sage had at least two incidents where she waded into waters she shouldn't have. I'm sure she got a warning, and she ignored it, and she's not getting a third chance. ESPN had a quicker trigger with her than with Simmons or Schilling, certainly, but that's probably a function of her much lower status on ESPN's totem poll and the fact that the dumb shit she said alienated the NBA's core viewership.
Put more simply, Sage Steele ain't shit, so she got he quick hook.
---- bshelly
"You (Fisher) could get fired, Les Snead could get fired, Kevin Demoff could get fired, but I will always be Eric Dickerson.” (c) The God
12. "Who cares, I don't like Sage Steele. It's poetry. " In response to Reply # 8
>Nothing else involved in the decision at all? Sage's >political leanings makes things interesting if that's the >case. > >Out of curiosity, why does Michelle Beadle being unattractive >matter to you?
Because it's the ultimate fuck you to Sage Steel's politics. She rants about black people's problems all the time. White people replaced her with a mediocre, unattractive white woman.
^THAT is the experience of being a black woman in America. This happens all the time. It happening to her for WHATEVER REASONS is exactly what needed to happen to her.
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14. "I don't agree with her politics" In response to Reply # 12
but she did her job well enough from what I saw. It'll be interesting to see if this demotion will be her Negro wake-up call to loosely paraphrase the great Paul Mooney.
"Sean sparks like John Starks, nah, Sean ball like John Wall" - Rest In Power Forever Sean Price.
20. "actually, THIS is poetry:" In response to Reply # 12
>^THAT is the experience of being a black woman in America. >This happens all the time. It happening to her for WHATEVER >REASONS is exactly what needed to happen to her. > >
was this on air or did Beadle take this to social media? Also, was Beadle on that Disney payroll at the time? Pretty interesting to see ESPN anchors openly disagree with each other like that.
"Sean sparks like John Starks, nah, Sean ball like John Wall" - Rest In Power Forever Sean Price.
26. "She's the archetypal untrustworthy liberal white woman "feminist" " In response to Reply # 25 Tue Apr-04-17 01:48 PM by Orbit_Established
>was this on air or did Beadle take this to social media? >Also, was Beadle on that Disney payroll at the time? Pretty >interesting to see ESPN anchors openly disagree with each >other like that.
She's the reason Stephen A got suspended
She got more upset with him than Kellmerman WHO ACTUALLY ADMITTED TO SLAPPING A WOMAN.
She attacks black athletes for things she coddles white athletes for. It took her forever to denounce Steve Austin, when he's a notorious woman batterer. She copped pleas before giving in.
She's like the archetypal untrustworthy liberal white woman "feminist"
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30. "The office politics and infighting" In response to Reply # 26
that goes on behind the scenes at ESPN must be interesting, even more so given that ESPN has been suffering for ratings and subscribers these days. To be a fly on that Bristol wall.
"Sean sparks like John Starks, nah, Sean ball like John Wall" - Rest In Power Forever Sean Price.
35. "Like any job where no one really deserves to be higher than anyone else" In response to Reply # 30 Tue Apr-04-17 02:30 PM by Orbit_Established
All of the non-technical positions and ranks are mostly the result of some white guy's opinion, which is why it's that way...it's a recipe for pettiness disaster
This is why I always side with athletes being able to have these jobs, because they've at least demonstrated that they are CLEARLY good at something
What are the vast majority of these non-athlete people who work there good at?
I mean, I like a lot of them, but what are they really good at?
I mean, Jemele and Mike only happened because they were were SMART ENOUGH to start podcasting on their OWN TIME, and got a following
Some of them are smart and funny...for sure.
But overall?
You're one good week from being elevated. One bad week from being out of a job.
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23. "Her and Jalen yuking it up during the Finals" In response to Reply # 18 Tue Apr-04-17 12:21 PM by Numba_33
will be unbearable if that's the direction ABC wants to go with that broadcast. It's cool to go that route with a less meaningful regular season game, but not for the grand stage of the Finals.
Like I've said before, I don't agree with Steele's politics, but at least she was a straight person against Jalen and his cornball trying too hard to be funny antics.
"Sean sparks like John Starks, nah, Sean ball like John Wall" - Rest In Power Forever Sean Price.
41. "Nah, he's actually on PCP. " In response to Reply # 40
>But to concoct some reverse racial reasoning as to why >other's like her doesn't make much sense to me.
a) She's miles and miles and miles away from "skinny" by any definition
b) The opposite of what he said was true: If she was light skinned or white she'd be the finest woman on TV to most of America. I mean, she still is to those of us who don't hate black women, but that's only a handful of people.
Falalefstand is a racist troll, though. So he just doing what he does.
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63. "RE: she's been off 1st take for a looong time..." In response to Reply # 62
>replaced by Molly Qerim (who is dating Jalen, btw). Cari >does Sports Center with David Lloyd, now.
I'm proud to be ignorant of anything pertaining to First Take because I can't stand Screaming A. I only noticed the change in hosts because I was watching clips of LaVar Ball's comedy hour when he was a guest. I could only watch about 3 minutes of the 15 or so minute YouTube video because of all the shouting.
In general, I wouldn't advise folks to date people they work with, but it appears Jalen has refined tastes since the host doesn't appear to be a complete moron, in addition to how naturally beautiful she is.
"Sean sparks like John Starks, nah, Sean ball like John Wall" - Rest In Power Forever Sean Price.
51. "I can't clap to this, my dude." In response to Reply # 42
> >but this dont mean shit unless she fired tho.. cut off her >life support
Like I've said numerous times in this thread, I don't agree with her social media posts and political views at all, but I can't clap to another black person getting put closer to that unemployment line, much less getting publicly getting embarrassed like Sage was. Even more so since she does a good job when on-air, and I actually prefer her than Beadle since I suspect her and Jalen Rose being on air at the same time will be a complete cornball fest, assuming ABC/ESPN/Disney wants to move in that direction.
"Sean sparks like John Starks, nah, Sean ball like John Wall" - Rest In Power Forever Sean Price.
56. "I agree with you, to an extent. But this was self-inflicted. " In response to Reply # 51
>Like I've said numerous times in this thread, I don't agree >with her social media posts and political views at all, but I >can't clap to another black person getting put closer to that >unemployment line, much less getting publicly getting >embarrassed like Sage was. Even more so since she does a good >job when on-air, and I actually prefer her than Beadle since I >suspect her and Jalen Rose being on air at the same time will >be a complete cornball fest, assuming ABC/ESPN/Disney wants to >move in that direction.
The lack of basic chemistry between her and Jalen was palpable, though. Jalen don't like her and it did render the show stale.
But more than that, she went off the rails politically, several time, and said some explosively wild shit.
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57. "RE: I agree with you, to an extent. But this was self-inflicted. " In response to Reply # 56
>The lack of basic chemistry between her and Jalen was >palpable, >though. Jalen don't like her and it did render the show stale. > > >But more than that, she went off the rails politically, >several time, and said some explosively wild shit.
Hopefully she didn't take down the video in the link above, but it's a video she did with Jalen Rose after the whole discussion with her, Jalen, and Wilbon in regards to their thoughts on Andre Iguodala's post game comments a few weeks ago. They appear to be amicable and if Jalen Rose didn't like her, I don't think dude would be willing to spend the 15 or so minutes it took for them to have that video chat on Sage Steele's facebook account. I don't have access to Facebook at work, so if the video was taken down, please let me know.
"Sean sparks like John Starks, nah, Sean ball like John Wall" - Rest In Power Forever Sean Price.
58. "Jalen is an intelligent, mature black man with knowledge of self. " In response to Reply # 57
>Hopefully she didn't take down the video in the link above, >but it's a video she did with Jalen Rose after the whole >discussion with her, Jalen, and Wilbon in regards to their >thoughts on Andre Iguodala's post game comments a few weeks >ago. They appear to be amicable and if Jalen Rose didn't like >her, I don't think dude would be willing to spend the 15 or so >minutes it took for them to have that video chat on Sage >Steele's facebook account. I don't have access to Facebook at >work, so if the video was taken down, please let me know.
Of course he'd let her do that. He has to work with her, and at the end of the day doesn't hate her as a person.
He obviously doesn't LIKE her, though.
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Fox News did the Heisman on Stacy Dash earlier this year similar to how Sage Steele got embarrassed by ESPN, so maybe that "Here's what they think about you." ad-lib from Ice Cube gets extended to darker hued folks even if they side with those on the Right Wing.
"Sean sparks like John Starks, nah, Sean ball like John Wall" - Rest In Power Forever Sean Price.
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52. "So cord cutters like myself" In response to Reply # 45
is making ESPN feel some pressure to cut costs? Hmm.
If that's the case, I hope that SportsCenter 6 experiment with Michael Smith and Jamele Hill is working out because it appears ESPN is investing some effort and dollars in them to turn things around.
"Sean sparks like John Starks, nah, Sean ball like John Wall" - Rest In Power Forever Sean Price.
66. "They're losing viewers but they also over-expanded @ top dollar " In response to Reply # 52
SEC network, Longhorn network...ESPN fell victim to hubris and paid significantly over-valued sums for those network expansions, blinded by current success and unable to anticipate the future wave.
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