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Stephen Jackson calls out ESPN over Rachel Nichols scandal (ClutchPoints)

Stephen Jackson called out ESPN after Rachel Nichols revealed how her conversation actually leaked about Maria Taylor.

Rachel Nichols made a mistake, there is no doubt about it. That’s why I didn’t mind jumping up and standing up for you because I love you (Rachel Nichols) and I know you. Jackson, while listening to Nichols explain the story, couldn’t help but call out ESPN for this sickening move.

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Rachel Nichols joins Showtime Basketball after abrupt exit from ... (Economic Times)

Rachel Nichols, former ESPN reporter, has been hired at Showtime Basketball, where she will work as a producer and a host.

The views expressed here are that of the respective authors/ entities and do not represent the views of Economic Times (ET). [NBA](/topic/nba)finals and be a sideline reporter herself. [Business News](/news), [Breaking News](/breakingnewslist.cms)Events and [Latest News](/news/latest-news)Updates on [The Economic Times](/).) ET hereby disclaims any and all warranties, express or implied, relating to the report and any content therein. Nichols felt she worked decades for this job and wanted a chance to host the finals as they had given some great shows leading up to the playoffs. She will work on the content in the roles of a producer and a host.

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Look: Rachel Nichols Makes Her Thoughts On ESPN Very Clear (The Spun)

Former ESPN host Rachel Nichols announced on Friday that she is partnering with Showtime Basketball in a multi-platform role.

I've done everything that I've been asked, and I wanted the chance to do it. I wanted the chance to do it." I felt like I worked so long - decades - for this job.

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Rachel Nichols Addresses Maria Taylor Controversy, ESPN Departure (Sports Illustrated)

The NBA reporter left the network last year over controversial comments regarding Taylor and ESPN's diversity history.

“I have fought through a lot of things in this business to get to where I am,” she said. She also criticized ESPN’s handling of trying to promote diversity in the way that they did, saying that they wouldn’t ask Rece Davis to move off of College GameDay hosting duties to become a college football sideline reporter. Nichols says that the NBA Finals hosting role was included in her contract with the company. “At least one person decided to just sit and watch, and started spying on me like I was their own personal TV show,” she said. [All The Smoke show](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AgzjB2LsUA) with Stephen Jackson and Matt Barnes, Nichols explained her side of the story. Nichols had been reassigned to sideline reporter in favor of Maria Taylor as NBA Finals host in 2020.

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Rachel Nichols opens up for first time about ESPN exit after joining ... (New York Post)

For the first time since leaving ESPN, Rachel Nichols has spoken publicly to tell her side of the story on her controversial exit.

Nichols said that in 2019, she was given a contract that included hosting the NBA Finals. “She’s a fellow woman in the business. “I thought we had put some things behind us and unfortunately there were still some people who had bad feelings and held on to this tape for a year,” Nichols said, saying the tape was investigated by HR and she wasn’t disciplined.

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Rachel Nichols claims ESPN secretly spied on her in hotel room ... (MARCA.com)

Rachel Nichols claimed Friday that "at least one person" at ESPN secretly spied on her during the 2020 NBA bubble. While speaking with Matt Barnes and ...

"At least one person decided to just sit and watch and started spying on me like I was their own personal television show," Nichols said. "Unfortunately, that entire time, nobody back at ESPN told me that there was an open line to my hotel room and anyone who looked at the feed could see me. - NBA.

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Rachel Nichols Joins Showtime 1 Year After ESPN Controversy (TV Insider)

The former host of ESPN's 'The Jump' says she has her 'most broad playing field yet' at Showtime Sports.

[comments she made about former ESPN colleague Maria Taylor](https://www.tvinsider.com/1004655/rachel-nichols-apologizes-to-maria-taylor-hot-mic-comment/). [Rachel Nichols](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/rachel-nichols/) is off the sidelines. “I thought we had put things behind us, and unfortunately there were still some people who had bad feelings and held on to this tape for a year,” Nichols said on the podcast. “Rachel brings unmatched journalistic credibility, great familiarity with our roster and a work ethic that will take us to another level.” Following the New York Times report, ESPN [took Nichols off its 2021 NBA Finals coverage](https://www.tvinsider.com/1010857/rachel-nichols-removed-espn-nba-coverage-jump-canceled/)and canceled her show The Jump. “They’ve 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.

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Rachel Nichols Says ESPN Co-Worker Spied On Her Before Maria ... (OutKick)

Former ESPN host Rachel Nichols spoke for the first time about her toxic Woke-Off with Maria Taylor on Friday. For a recap of the Nichols-Taylor drama,

What’s still puzzling is how the recorded call was ever supposed to make ESPN or even Nichols look racist against black people. She — delusionally — felt she deserved the same $12 million a year as Stephen A. ESPN had installed recording equipment in her room so that she could broadcast remotely from Orlando, the site of the NBA playoffs in 2020. So in a last-ditch effort, someone released Nichols’ call to portray ESPN and Nichols as racists. “Someone had obtained a secretly recorded phone call between Rachel Nichols and NBA adviser Adam Mendelsohn during the NBA “Covid Bubble” in 2020. The rat then saved the call in their back pocket until it became useful the following summer.

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