ESPN’s All-Female ‘SportsCenter’ an Attempt to Pander to Wokeness, Critics Say

ESPN’s All-Female ‘SportsCenter’ an Attempt to Pander to Wokeness, Critics Say
A view of the logo during ESPN The Party in San Francisco on Feb. 5, 2016. Mike Windle/Getty Images for ESPN
Jackson Richman
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ESPN has come under fire for hosting an all-female version of the 11 p.m. ET edition of its flagship program “SportsCenter” on July 27—in what critics said exemplified the Disney-owned sports network’s wokeness.

The late-night episode, anchored by Nicole Briscoe and Elle Duncan, had a primarily all-female cast and crew.

Jackson Richman
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Jackson Richman is a Washington correspondent for The Epoch Times. In addition to Washington politics, he covers the intersection of politics and sports/sports and culture. He previously was a writer at Mediaite and Washington correspondent at Jewish News Syndicate. His writing has also appeared in The Washington Examiner. He is an alum of George Washington University.
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