@mattbarnes: Rachel Nichols finally opens up about the controversial situation that led to her departure from ESPN. The veteran sports journalist addresses what happened behind the scenes and her perspective on how everything unfolded. Nichols gets candid about one of sports media's most talked-about controversies and what it meant for her career.

PureAndDamned :

She was a target of racism.

dodger :

Whynotme :

She got pushed out for a DEI hire!

Tom :

ESPN is evil it’s no secret.

salim :

she was set up, they were trying to find a reason as to why she was fired basically

JPElite21 :

They did her wrong, I don’t blame her

bears25 :

ESPN did her dirty. I like Maria so nothing against her and she does a great job however, ESPN should have been honest with Rachel. She was having a private conversation and obviously frustrated with the situation. She is human and I am sure wishes she had said things differently.

nnnnoooooooonammme :

If you actually heard the conversation she said nothing wrong. She defended herself and spoke the truth. The table was literally being turned on her.

Shanae ✈️📸 :

This was so wrong of espn. She was not wrong to not want to step aside. They were trying to bully her into the decision they wanted which was unfair.

Todd Wise :

They did her dirty

daniellefjx :

she was so right in saying if you want her to present more, make more space for her, don't take it from me

I5minutes :

Shooting my shot with Rachel like...

Lawsandclaws :

She literally said nothing wrong on that entire recording, it was her just saying that ESPN can pursue whatever agenda it wants , but it shouldn't be at the expense of her, someone who earned it

jb_big_bo :

I'm on her side

CHRISNTN :

AFFIRMATIVE ACTION HIRE

SenseiChroma :

yo can we get Omar from ESPN to respond t this?

sdub.breaks :

She got a bag

Davey :

She’s so beautiful

Sage_byron :

Where was Jimmy butler in this?

gurl77777789 :

People need to listen to the audio, it was completely respectful towards her colleague and totally calling out the channels quick fix on their long line of lack of diversity

Sanny Singh :

When white people get replaced by people of colour the racists get woke. but when people of colour get replaced by white people it's just the best person got the job. these are ruthless corporations they only care about revenue not your feelings or race.

mikehayes :

She was cool.

Kevin's Minecraft etc. :

Yeah she was done pretty wrong & I respect her, should she have spoken out maybe not, but my opinion has rose since she did..

Layloredits :

No accountability

ap :

nothing wrong with what she said. espn needed Maria as a dei fill in and they wanted to do it at Rachel's expense.