Another tenured ESPN personality's 16-year run comes to an end as a result of layoffs ·

03 Jan 2025, 00:00

Chad Ford is the latest basketball writer to be shown the door at ESPN following a massive overhaul that was expected to affect over 100 employees.

Layoffs end my 16 yr run covering the NBA Draft for ESPN on June 30. Will do my best to make next 60 days special for our Insider readers

— Chad Ford (@chadfordinsider) April 29, 2017

On Friday, top NBA breaking news reporter Marc Stein announced that he was among the company's massive layoff. He joined fellow NBA reporters Calvin Watkins, Justin Verrier, Ethan Strauss who had all been laid off as well.

It was reported months ago that ESPN was chasing Yahoo's Adrian Wojnarowski, and it looks like these layoffs could be a way to clear room for the NBA's biggest reporter. FOX Sports' Colin Cowherd seemed to indicate earlier on his radio show that this move would indeed be happening.

Another tenured ESPN personality's 16-year run comes to an end as a result of layoffs

Chad Ford is the latest basketball writer to be shown the door at ESPN following a massive overhaul that was expected to affect over 100 employees. Layoffs end my 16 yr run covering the NBA Draft for ESPN on June 30. Will do my best to make next 60 days special for our Insider

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