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ESPN Exec Says Cocaine Extortion Led to His Resignation

ESPN Ex-President: Cocaine
Extortion Led to My Resignation

Mar 15, 2018 4:29 PM CDT

ESPN Ex-President: Cocaine Extortion Led to My Resignation

John Skipper explains abrupt departure

(Newser) - John Skipper abruptly resigned as president of ESPN in December, offering a vague explanation that addiction problems were behind his decision. Now, he explains in a lengthy interview with the Hollywood Reporter that he bought cocaine from someone who then tried to extort him. "They threatened me, and I...

ESPN President Resigns Over Substance Problem

ESPN President
Resigns, Writes of
'Embarrassment'

Dec 18, 2017 11:35 AM CST

ESPN President Resigns, Writes of 'Embarrassment'

John Skipper says he will tend to a substance problem

(Newser) - ESPN President John Skipper resigned Monday to tend to what he frames as a long-running but unspecified substance problem. "I have struggled for many years with a substance addiction. I have decided that the most important thing I can do right now is to take care of my problem,...

Olbermann
Looking for
New Job—
at ESPN

Mar 4, 2013 8:32 AM CST

Olbermann Looking for New Job— at ESPN

President doesn't see a current opening for ex-host

(Newser) - Could Keith Olbermann be returning to his sports-anchor roots? In the midst of a $70 million lawsuit against former employer Current TV, the pundit has been seeking new work at ESPN, the network that kick-started his career, the New York Times reports. Olbermann recently had dinner with network president John...

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