[32][35] one year later, four minutes of edited footage from the phone call leaked to the new york times before the 2021 nba finals amid espn's contract negotiations with taylor. Understandably, maria taylor refused to appear as an nba finals host alongside rachel nichols after the audio leaked Espn finds itself as part of the media story during this year's nba finals
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The network replaced sideline reporter rachel nichols when critical comments she made about a black colleague came to light.
Rachel nichols, the former host of “the jump,” was fired by espn last summer after a recording leaked of her making insensitive comments about maria taylor, who has now left the company for.
The saga of rachel nichols divorce with espn was a very public one A leaked tape of nichols from her hotel room during the 2020 nba bubble in disney world was released to the public After taylor was given nba finals hosting duties in 2020, nichols commented that taylor had been promoted at her expense due to 'diversity.'