"I work to support these movements and know that the people affected by these issues never get to be exhausted or have nothing left. I have to continue to check my privilege and work to be a better ally," he added. "I shouldn't have said it or even thought it," Mendelsohn said in an email. "I made a stupid, careless comment rooted in privilege and I am sincerely sorry," said Mendelsohn, who last year co-founded James' Black voter advocacy group More Than A Vote. Mendelsohn apologized for his comment about the #MeToo and Black Lives Matter movements on Sunday in an email to CNBC after being asked about it. On Sunday, the Times reported that Taylor's colleagues in May discussed whether they would refuse to appear on "NBA Countdown" in protest over changes to the production, which they believed were made to benefit Nichols. "How deeply, deeply sorry I am for disappointing those I hurt, particularly Maria Taylor, and how grateful I am to be a part of this team," she said. "I also don't want to let this moment pass without saying how much I respect, how much I value our colleagues here at ESPN," Nichols said. On Monday, Nichols apologized for the controversy as she opened the broadcast of "The Jump." "The Jump" is expected to be back on the air as scheduled Wednesday. Instead, two other ESPN hosts, Jalen Rose and David Jacoby, appeared on their show, "Jalen & Jacoby." Other than doing her job as a commentator for NBA games on the network, Taylor has been silent on both Twitter and Instagram until Wednesday. Hours later, "The Jump" failed to appear as scheduled at 4 p.m. Sports journalist Maria Taylor, who has been at the center of accusations of racial favoritism at ESPN and specific acts of racism by colleague Rachel Nichols, is finally breaking her silence. But the network said Nichols will appear on her show, "The Jump," on-site from the finals games "for weekday shows." Taylor will host that show with other ESPN reporters, the network said.ĮSPN also announced that Malika Andrews - who is Black - will handle sideline reporting during the finals. Maria Taylor aka Suzette Maria Taylor is the host at ESPN, analyst, and the SEC Network. On Tuesday, ESPN announced that Nichols would not appear on either the sideline during the finals or on "NBA Countdown," the pregame and halftime show for the championship series. A tape of that call quickly circulated at ESPN, which reportedly never disciplined Nichols for what she said about Taylor during the call. The conversation was captured, and fed to ESPN's control room in Connecticut, by a live camera in Nichols' hotel room in Florida.
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