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BBC pulls soccer programming as hosts protest suspension of Gary Lineker
BBC soccer show host and former England star Gary Lineker was suspended for comparing the government’s language on illegal migrants to that of Nazi Germany. File photo by Axel Heimken/EPA March 11 (UPI) — The British Broadcasting Corporation was forced to pull some of its most popular soccer programming off the air Saturday amid a…
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ESPN Makes History With New Programming Chief
Rosalyn Durant is emerging as one of the most powerful Black women in sports after a sweeping reorganization of the executive ranks at Walt Disney Co.’s ESPN. Under the plan announced this week, Durant was named ESPN’s executive vice president of programming and acquisitions. In a memo sent to ESPN staff, chairman Jimmy Pitaro said…
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