Does Wilbon still do PTI, or was he booted from the network entirely? On Friday, October 11, 2013 2:26:29 PM UTC-4, PGage wrote: > > > On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 10:10 AM, Bob in Jersey > <[email protected]<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> The basketball Hall of Famer claims he'll be too busy with other >> interests (he's now a partner in baseball's Dodgers) to do game or studio >> work with the Woildwide Leadah... >> >> >> http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/9802454/magic-johnson-leaving-espn-nba-coverage >> > > > As I posted on this on another list yesterday, the real story (as reported > by Deadspin: > > > http://deadspin.com/sources-magic-johnson-left-espn-because-of-bill-simmon-1443543687?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+deadspin%2Ffull+%28Deadspin%29&utm_content=Google+International > ) > > is that Magic lost a power struggle with Bristol Village Idiot Bill > Simmons, who now effectively is in charge of the ESPN's NBA Studio show. > Wilbon, a Magic friend, was fired, Collins was brought on because he will > kiss Simmon's ass, and they wanted Magic to stay, but made it clear it was > going to be Simmon's show, and he (Magic) would have to dance to whatever > tune Simmons played. Magic told them to go to hell. The press release the > ESPN story repeats is just a make nice cover story. > > > > > >
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