Plankton
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Yep but they were just rumors and there were quite a few of them with the testosterone driven ESPN. And just what constitutes sexual harassment in the workplace is left open to interpretation.
I've mentioned this but they were a client of mine as well as FOX Sports and I had a couple of good friends that developed out of that and the stories were beyond interesting.
Two of my favs are about Irvin and Collinsworth. Irvin had this habit at ESPN of putting his hand on the arm of the guy next to him to shut him up so he could interrupt and run his mouth. It got so bad that one night Young told him to take his hand off his arm and the next week he had transferred to being out in the field at the venue for the game. It was hilarious and the next guy had to sit next to Irvin.
Howie Long detested Collinsworth so much that he threatened to kick his butt on camera when he was on the panel at FOX and he decided to move on and off the panel. I don't dislike Collinsworth but he can get that "I'm smarter than you" look on his face when making a point and I think he did it once too often with Long.
Someone needs to write the definitive book on ESPN, from the creation through all of the turbulence they've had with management, employees and personalities. Add to that what they've had to do to defend themselves under attack from every direction and what they will have to do moving forward. To me, it is the most interesting business in the US.
Two books like that have already been written - one by Mike Freeman and the other by James Andrew Miller and Tom Shales. Both go into the Tirico stories - not rumor, BTW, but fact.
https://www.amazon.com/ESPN-Uncenso...TABJJDQC97Y&psc=1&refRID=68FVR0BMXTABJJDQC97Y
https://www.amazon.com/Those-Guys-Have-All-Fun/dp/1609410750