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Wednesday, August 23, 2017

ESPN broadcaster Robert Lee taken off UVA game due to name

BRISTOL, Conn. (AP) — ESPN broadcaster Robert Lee will not work Virginia's season opener because of recent violence in Charlottesville sparked by the decision to remove a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee.

A spokeswoman for ESPN says Lee has been moved to Youngstown State's game at Pittsburgh on the ACC Network on Sept. 2. The network says the decision was made "as the tragic events in Charlottesville were unfolding, simply because of the coincidence of his name."

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10 comments:

Anonymous said...

RIDICULOUS > should be ILLEGAL > or this country has
gone to hell when Your Frigg'in name can make you loose
a job !!!!!!!!

Anonymous said...

That's called discrimination!!

Anonymous said...

Now that's racist,dems don't understand the term.

Anonymous said...

Early retirement after his lawsuit settlement win win situation for him.

Anonymous said...

When are the Robert Byrd statues and signs coming down?

Anonymous said...

This really is just complete silliness! Not sure if I want to laugh, cry, puke, or pull my hair out. But, I am truly sick of what the democrats have done to this country. The said part is I can work with them on some or their causes even if do not agree with them. However, the fact that they have gotten us to this level is absolute craziness. Think I would like segregation between conservatives. Democratscan have NY, CA, OR, and WA. Conservatives will take the rest of the country.

Anonymous said...

A massive lawsuit should follow.....

Anonymous said...

this article doesn't even mention that the broadcaster Robert Lee is ASIAN. totally ridiculous.

Anonymous said...


Just a reminder that ESPN is owned by Disney; they also own ABC.

He's of Asian descent so he apparently couldn't play a white privilege card to keep the more prestigious assignment.

What a crazy world!

Anonymous said...

Don't watch ESPN
Pretty simple, lol so is their thinking