I've read this piece three times and I still don't understand what the author is trying to say. The headline is "Are ESPN Job Cuts Also Cutting Race Talk From Sports Coverage." Based on the author's conclusion that many of the personalities retained by ESPN engage in "race talk," I guess the answer to the question posed in the headline is "no." If that's the case, what's the issue here?

@1 Yep. It's Betteridge's Law of Headlines; "any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by the word no."

the thing about "stick to sports" is that its generally the white commentators that need to stick to it (Dave Mahler, I'm looking at you because Mike Gastineau is gone). they have nothing to say but bourgeois claptrap that devalues legitimate grievances.

Apparently ESPN is the only network played in jail.

Countless people over Baseball Think Factory have decried ESPN's recent obsession with politics. ESPN's ratings are in free fall. I wouldn't blame them if they pivot away from social justice issues. It's not their job to educate the masses and certainly not at the expense of their business. You can't promote social change is no one is watching.