The Bloodbath of Bristol has begun! Up to 100 employees of ESPN have been fired by
"The (Not-So) Worldwide Leader". The increasingly political "sports" network was hemorrhaging subscribers
and ratings—so some kind of
drastic action had to be taken. On the baseball side, it looks like
Jayson Stark and
Jim Bowden are the most notable departures. And, while it stinks for them, we're sure they will find safe landing spots elsewhere. Other than that, it sounds to us like a necessary market correction for a network that has become less and less relevant over the last few years.
