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ESPN has fired football analyst Robert Griffin III and host Samantha Ponder, a person familiar with the situation told CNN on Thursday. Both moves were business decisions, the source said.
The two had limited roles at ESPN: RG3 was recently taken off "Monday Night Countdown" in favor of Jason Kelce, while Ponder's only role at the network was hosted the weekly NFL preview show.
ESPN has fired football analyst Robert Griffin III and host Samantha Ponder, according to a report from The Athletic. Griffin, a former NFL quarterback and Heisman Trophy winner at Baylor, was ...
ESPN Inc. is an American multinational sports media conglomerate majority-owned by the Walt Disney Company, with Hearst Communications as an equity stakeholder. [1]Founded by Bill Rasmussen in 1979, it owns and operates local and global cable and satellite television variants of ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN Radio, ESPN.com, ESPN+ and other related ventures and is currently headed by executive James Pitaro.
"NFL Sunday Countdown" host Samantha Ponder and football analyst Robert Griffin III have been laid off by ESPN, a decision that has been characterized as strictly a business move.
ESPN currently charges the highest retransmission consent fee of any major cable television network in the United States. In 2011, the main channel alone carried a monthly rate of $4.69 per subscriber (nearly five times the price of the next-costliest channel, TNT), with ESPN's other English language channels costing an additional $1.13 per subscriber; these prices rise on a nearly constant basis.
ESPN was founded by Bill Rasmussen, his son Scott Rasmussen, then 43 year old eye doctor and Aetna insurance agent Ed Eagan. [1] Bill, who had an affinity with sports for much of his life, was fired from his position as the communications manager for the New England Whalers in 1978. [1]
NFL analyst Robert Griffin III and "NFL Countdown" host Sam Ponder have been let go by ESPN, according to Andrew Marchand of The Athletic. The moves are budget-related, per Marchand, with the ...