Los Angeles, Ca. — Anchor Jemele Hill is leaving SportsCenter to head to The Undefeated, ESPN’s site about the intersection of sports, race and culture.
A source familiar with the issue confirmed the move to CNNMoney. The move to The Undefeated was her choice, according to the source.
Hill began anchoring the 6:00 pm showing of SportsCenter in February alongside co-host Michael Smith.
However, she made news in September for tweets she posted about President Donald Trump, calling him a “white supremacist.”
Hill apologized for the tweets and said she regretted that her comments “painted ESPN in an unfair light.”
ESPN released a followup statement, saying that “Jemele has a right to her personal opinions, but not to publicly share them on a platform that implies that she was in any way speaking on behalf of ESPN.”
The network said it had accepted Hill’s apology.
After a second violation of ESPN’s social media policies in October, Hill was suspended for two weeks.
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