After her private and insensitive comments were made public, ESPN’s Rachel Nichols was dropped from the sidelines to start the NBA Finals broadcast. Now it is unclear whether host Maria Taylor will finish the league’s marquee event. Besides hosting The Finals and "NBA Countdown," Taylor, 34, is the college football national championship sideline reporter and NCAA Women’s Tournament host. Clouding the negotiations is the New York Times article in which Nichols’ nearly year-old private comments were made public. ESPN executives failed to take any meaningful action over Nichols’ comments, which may have been illegally recorded.

Source: Fox News July 09, 2021 14:15 UTC