ESPN and reporter Maria Taylor announced today the two were parting ways
the two could not agree on a contract extension, after her old contract expired on Tuesday, which coincided with the sixth and final game of this year's NBA Finals.
Taylor hosted this year's NBA Finals coverage on ESPN—considered a prestigious job in NBA media, and one Nichols hoped to have, saying in a leaked recording she thought Taylor might have been picked for optics.set to join NBC, where she will serve as a broadcaster for its coverage of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The games' opening ceremony is set for Friday.
before the series started earlier this month. Taylor has largely avoided public comments over the controversy, and Nichols told thethat Taylor hadn't responded to her apology, a decision Nichols said was"completely fair." The audio recording of Nichols came from a 2020 conversation she had with LeBron James adviser Adam Mendelsohn, who is also white.
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