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Rachel Nichols Leaked
A timeline of the fallout over Rachel Nichols' leaked comments about Maria Taylor
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ESPN has been at the center of controversy over the past three days regarding Rachel Nichols’ leaked comments about colleague Maria Taylor that were made public by a New York Times article that published on Sunday.
The drama led up to Tuesday’s news when ESPN announced that Malika Andrews will take over for Nichols as sideline reporter for 2021 NBA finals between the Milwaukee Bucks and Phoenix Suns, and that Nichols would continue as host of The Jump .
In case you missed everything that happened over the holiday weekend before this decision was made, here’s a recap with a timeline of the events:
The story began with Nichols in her hotel room at Walt Disney World during the 2020 NBA bubble. The video camera she had in her room was actually turned on, and because it was recorded on to an ESPN server back in Bristol, what she said to LeBron James adviser Adam Mendelsohn on a call was captured.
The context was that Taylor would host ESPN’s NBA coverage, and here’s what Nichols said:
“I wish Maria Taylor all the success in the world — she covers football, she covers basketball. If you need to give her more things to do because you are feeling pressure about your crappy longtime record on diversity — which, by the way, I know personally from the female side of it — like, go for it. Just find it somewhere else. You are not going to find it from me or taking my thing away.”
That leaked audio, the Times reported, led to employee outrage around the company.
Other details from the story were shared on social media throughout Sunday, including this:
The only person known to be punished was Kayla Johnson, a digital video producer who told ESPN human resources that she had sent the video to Taylor. Johnson, who is Black, was suspended for two weeks without pay, and later was given less desirable tasks at work.
Johnson did not respond to requests for comment and recently left ESPN.
Let’s rewind for a moment: back in July of 2020, the site published a post with a headline, “ESPN Creep Used ‘The Jump’ Video Feed To Secretly Record Rachel Nichols in Her Hotel Room — Video Got Sent to Us.”
It didn’t detail what exactly Nichols had said abut Taylor, and this was their statement regarding their choice not to report the content:
In light of privacy concerns and our being unable to view the entirety of the conversation recorded, we have chosen not to detail the conversation or post the video of the call.
A teary-eyed Rachel Nichols addresses leaked audio in which calls Maria Taylor a "diversity" hire…Kendrick Perkins and Richard Jefferson comment on the situation as well pic.twitter.com/n00DSiHBMw
— gifdsports (@gifdsports) July 5, 2021
ESPN said, “We believe this is best decision for all concerned in order to keep the focus on the NBA Finals. Rachel will continue to host The Jump.”
— Andrew Marchand (@AndrewMarchand) July 6, 2021
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In leaked audio, ESPN host and reporter Rachel Nichols suggested the network passed her over for a gig at the NBA finals because she’s white, instead opting to give the job to ESPN reporter Maria Taylor, who is black.
As highlighted by Yahoo, Nichols made the comments during a private conversation with longtime LeBron James advisor Adam Mendelsohn. The conversation was apparently accidentally recorded when Nichols forgot to turn off her video camera.
“I wish Maria Taylor all the success in the world — she covers football, she covers basketball,” Nichols said during the call, which took place last July.
“If you need to give her more things to do because you are feeling pressure about your crappy longtime record on diversity — which, by the way, I know personally from the female side of it — like, go for it,” she said. “Just find it somewhere else. You are not going to find it from me or taking my thing away.”
The conversation was recorded and stored on one of ESPN’s servers, Yahoo noted: “One employee recorded it with their cell phone and sent it to others within the company, who then sent it to more employees. The call was eventually leaked to Deadspin and the Times.”
In reaction to the leak, Nichols emphasized that she was speaking privately and venting her frustration, not attacking Taylor. The New York Times reported :
In response to questions from The Times, Nichols said she was frustrated and was “unloading to a friend about ESPN’s process, not about Maria.” But she added: “My own intentions in that conversation, and the opinion of those in charge at ESPN, are not the sum of what matters here — if Maria felt the conversation was upsetting, then it was, and I was the cause of that for her.”
The host also reached out to Taylor personally to apologize:
Nichols said she reached out to Taylor to apologize through texts and phone calls. “Maria has chosen not to respond to these offers, which is completely fair and a decision I respect,” Nichols said.
A report from The Wall Street Journal published last year revealed that ESPN anchor Sage Steele was allegedly iced out of a special for the network regarding race after two colleagues of Steele’s, who are black, complained that the biracial anchor would not be accepted by the black community; or, as Steele herself described it, she was deemed not “black enough.”
“Ms. Steele said colleagues told her she was considered for the special by the executive in charge, Michael Fountain, until two of the other on-air personalities involved, Elle Duncan and Michael Eaves, complained, saying Ms. Steele wouldn’t be accepted by what they considered the Black community, according to the person familiar with her account to management,” the Journal reported.
In a statement to the paper, Steele seemed to confirm the allegations.
“I found it sad for all of us that any human being should be allowed to define someone’s ‘Blackness,’” she said. “Growing up biracial in America with a Black father and a white mother, I have felt the inequities that many, if not all Black and biracial people have felt — being called a monkey, the ‘n’ word, having ape sounds made as I walked by — words and actions that all of us know sting forever.”
“Most importantly, trying to define who is and isn’t Black enough goes against everything we are fighting for in this country, and only creates more of a divide,” the statement added.
Rachel Nichols: “If you need to give her more things to do because you are feeling pressure about your crappy longtime record on diversity — which, by the way, I know personally from the female side of it — like, go for it. Just find it somewhere else.” pic.twitter.com/aB5MifujuX
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) July 4, 2021
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