Kate Fagan Leaving ESPN
Kate Fagan has declined a contract extension at ESPN and is leaving the company at the end of the year, The Washington Posts reports. Fagan joined ESPN in 2012 and penned features in addition to appearing on Around The Horn and Outside The Lines. She’s guest-hosted for Bob Ley, who is on sabbatical.
“To continue at ESPN I would have to be immersed in the day-to-day in sports,” Fagan said. “And I found myself more and more interested in other aspects of sports — like how it connects to our culture. That was not going to be the big business of ESPN.”
“I think I thought at one point that I wanted to do a show — and could do a show — that made women’s sports really cool,” she said. “I thought there could be a show on some of the tangential topics — LGBT issues and mental health. Five years ago I thought I could host a show that introduces new female characters to the women’s sports world. This isn’t ESPN’s fault, but I’m not that naive now.”
“I still think ESPN cares about those important stories, regardless of whatever slight shift there is,” Fagan added.
Fagan is developing a show with Embassy Row and working on a script for a television series, according to the Post. Her departure comes not long after Jemele Hill opted to join The Atlantic.
https://thebiglead.com/2018/11/19/kate-fagan-leaving-espn/amp/
Big loss for ESPN. She is an excellent journalist who I enjoyed watching on OTL.
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