The broadcaster was once attacked by critics for being too progressive. But that stance appears to have changed for good in Trump’s second term
The past 15 years has seen ESPN abandon fan-focused roots – venerating great achievements, contextualizing standout figures, interrogating sport’s larger role in society – to become just another talking shop.
Shocked.
I have a good example of this just from today. There was an incidents at Texas A&M football game where a Texas state trooper like purposely bumps into South Carolina players. Real dick move you can probably find the footage really easily. I was looking for stories about it and I noticed while the headlines of most articles about it mention that he bumped into them purposely. ESPN just says he points at them. I found that very interesting.