Between #MeToo and Black Lives Matter, I got nothing left." And Nichols laughed. You are not going to find it from me or taking my thing away." Now, also in the phone conversation, the person Nichols was talking to, a white male, said this - "I'm exhausted. She covers football she covers basketball." And Nichols continues, "If you need to give her more things to do because you are feeling pressure about your crappy longtime record on diversity, which, by the way, I know personally from the female side of it, go for it. GOLDMAN: And it recorded her saying this - and I'm quoting - "I wish Maria Taylor all the success in the world. And we know exactly what she said 'cause it turns out there was a hot mic on in her hotel room. And she suggested the woman who was getting the job, Maria Taylor, who's African American, as you mentioned, got it because of her race. GOLDMAN: Well, last summer during the NBA's bubble in Florida, she was having a phone conversation with someone in her hotel room after finding out she wouldn't be getting the host job for ESPN's marquee program "NBA Countdown" during the NBA Finals. NPR sports correspondent Tom Goldman joins us. The network replaced sideline reporter Rachel Nichols, who's white, after comments she made came to light about her African American colleague Maria Taylor. The Phoenix Suns beat the Milwaukee Bucks last night in the first game of the NBA Finals, but the spotlight is being pulled from those who play basketball to those who talk about basketball due to a scandal brewing at ESPN.
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