Sports broadcaster Rachel Nichols will no longer cover NBA programming for ESPN and her show, 'The Jump,' has been canceled, the network says.
Michael J. LeBrecht II / NBAE via Getty Images fileSports broadcaster Rachel Nichols will no longer cover NBA programming for ESPN, and her show,"The Jump," has been canceled, the network confirmed Wednesday.
ESPN announced that Nichols would not be a sideline reporter for the finals. Ben Cafardo, ESPN's senior director of communications, said in a statement at the time that the network believed that Nichols' not returning to the sideline was the"best decision for all concerned in order to keep the focus on the NBA Finals.", Nichols vents about Taylor's having been selected to host the 2020 finals coverage.
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