Jemele Hill suspended

Wait. Jemele Hill is ESPN's most visible employee?

 

She's a national story for the 1% news junkies like us who follow this crap 24/7. Her only espn appearance is on a show that exactly one board member here watched. There is zero chance that she has a higher visibility than Dick Vitale, Stephen A. Smith, Kirk Herbstriet, Jon Gruden, just to name a couple. Hell, I might guess that Paul Finebaum has more visibility.

 

LOL. It's true.

Has anyone watched the last couple of nights?

 

I watched for 5 minutes last night. Mike hosted and the vibe felt akin to a wake.

 

She's 41 and has been an industry professional for almost 20 years. How long does the "young" label last?

 

She's been on the front page of the big dailies all week, and on the national news and is a top story (along with Weinstein) at websites from Slate to Vanity Fair.

 

How old is Caleb Hannan now?

 

ESPN is pretty close to NY. Haven't seen the paper every day this week, but pretty sure she wasn't on the front page of the Daily News or Post. She's been on the front page in LA or Chicago?

 

I just went through the entire LA Times today, and I couldn't find her. Didn't check every word, but nothing I saw.

 

She's been pushed down the queue today, but I feel like early in the week, the day after Trump namechecked her, she was front page WaPo, NYT in the physical paper, and top of the front on every big paper website from the Guardian on down. Chicago and LA included.

NYDN and Post were all Weinstein/Yankees from what I saw.

 

Jon Gruden is on a three hour espn football game that has roughly 10 million viewers. He also appears in national ads for a beer and I think a car rental. He was on it last year, the year before, and will be on it next year, when Hill is doing the graveyard shift on MSNBC.