Former ESPN Reporter Rachel Nichols Joins Showtime Basketball
Written by SOURCE on September 30, 2022
Former ESPN reporter Rachel Nichols has been hired by Showtime.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Nichols is joining Showtime Basketball, where she will serve as host and producer for multiple programs.
“I’ve been so fortunate to live my dream job alongside some of the best journalists in the business for more than 25 years, and this new development deal with Showtime Sports gives me my most broad playing field yet,” said Nichols in a statement. “They’ve asked me to produce, create and host new sports programming across platforms, working alongside Hall of Famers, multiple guys with championship rings and an uber-creative team behind the camera. We’re going to have so much fun.”
The news arrives more than a year after the New York Times shared leaked audio of Nichols making controversial comments regarding ESPN’s “crappy longtime record on diversity.” In the aftermath of the report, Nichols was removed from her sideline reporting job for the 2021 NBA Finals, before she officially left the network last January.
This story is being updated.
