ESPN gave the sports world a pretty significant news dump on Friday afternoon when it was reported that Jason Whitlock was out as head of the yet-to-be-launched “Black Grantland” vertical, The Undefeated. Richard Sandomir of the New York Times was first to report.
Jason Whitlock out as head of the Undefeated, replaced on interim basis by Leon Carter.Whitlock will stay at ESPN, mostly to write
— Richard Sandomir (@RichSandomir) June 12, 2015
Though it’s big news, it’s not exactly shocking. Whitlock’s reign was a tumultuous one with multiple problems, some of which went public when Deadspin’s Greg Howard penned a lengthy piece on how Whitlock was “poisoning” his own site prior to launch.
(Via @RichSandomir)
