Lot of weird internal battles that are going on in the world of sports media. Especially in regard to talent leaving ESPN and then chirping about some of the things ESPN is doing.
Simmons, Cowherd and Olbermann all leave the company and none of the departures were smooth.
Now you have Jason Whitlock who was strip of his role as the head guy for The Black Grantland aka The Undefeated and eventually bought out of his contact.
Whitlock hasn’t said much about what happened behind the scenes especially after Deadspin Greg Howard’s piece that included a ton of what should have been classified information about how Whitlock was running the ship at The Undefeated.
But, if you read some of Whitlock’s cryptic tweets he won’t be silent for much long.
Don't believe everything you read/hear about me. Always been transparent. The Explanation 2.0 is coming soon. #WeDontBuyCornersWeTakeCorners
— Jason Whitlock (@WhitlockJason) October 6, 2015
ESPN promotes SAS's rebuttal to Kevin Durant's criticism. Others advised to take high road, say nothing when attacked. #TheExplanation2
— Jason Whitlock (@WhitlockJason) October 6, 2015
Threaten prominent, black athlete = promotable. Call powerful, white commissioner liar = fireable. The Explanation 2.0. DO NOT MISS IT.
— Jason Whitlock (@WhitlockJason) October 6, 2015
Yeah, daddy's home. Streets about get cleaned up. #TheExplanation2
— Jason Whitlock (@WhitlockJason) October 6, 2015
Tell Greg Howard that Craggs and Marchman ghostwriting his stuff and rewriting Ta Coates talking points won't save his ass #daddyshome
— Jason Whitlock (@WhitlockJason) October 6, 2015
Man, I'd love to see Limousine Hipster email chain today trying to figure out what they should pretend Greg Howard wrote. #TheExplanation2
— Jason Whitlock (@WhitlockJason) October 6, 2015
You made an enemy out of me. The Explanation 2.0. #idontmakethreats #youknowwhatido
— Jason Whitlock (@WhitlockJason) October 6, 2015
This appears to be promo for Whitlock’s new show and his targets seem to be Howard and ESPN. The last tweet sounds strikingly familiar to what Meek Mill said about Drake.
Personally, I am all for a WWE style wars between media personalities, I find that to be entertaining.
We will see if Whitlock’s diss record is better than Meek.
*UPDATE*
Greg Howard responded to Whitlock threats.
imagine waking up thinking that people need and don’t already have an explanation about why you got fired from your own site on your day off
— Greg Howard (@greghoward88) October 6, 2015
imagine who you would have to be
— Greg Howard (@greghoward88) October 6, 2015
imagine truly thinking it’s someone else’s fault why your handpicked staff that you edited and oversaw fired off like 12 blogs in two years
— Greg Howard (@greghoward88) October 6, 2015
new feature: How ESPN's Fear Of The Truth Defeated "Black Grantland" http://t.co/26ZLhtbIS1
— Greg Howard (@greghoward88) October 6, 2015
i’m on vacation right now @WhitlockJason but if you’re hungry for some more attention i will gladly go back to work tomorrow
— Greg Howard (@greghoward88) October 6, 2015
is a writer who runs to a podcast to explain why he got fired for not writing any blogs for two years still even a writer
— Greg Howard (@greghoward88) October 6, 2015
if you don’t blog it, it doesn’t count
— Greg Howard (@greghoward88) October 6, 2015
Whitlock in turn had this to say.
Greg Howard = see how black I am, I let Craggs and Marchman quote Ta-Nehisi Coates in my stories. #TheExplanation2 Do Not Miss It.
— Jason Whitlock (@WhitlockJason) October 6, 2015
We up to about 35,000 words Howard has written on me. I got a beat writer. #Important
— Jason Whitlock (@WhitlockJason) October 6, 2015
Let me break some news to hipsters and their tokens. Quoting Coates doesn't hide who you are. #TheExplanation2 #GonnaBeOffTheHook
— Jason Whitlock (@WhitlockJason) October 6, 2015
He follows. Come on, man. You think I'm scared? He's my beat writer. You think the Cowboys @ their beat writers. https://t.co/Y7pFq921HT
— Jason Whitlock (@WhitlockJason) October 6, 2015
If Deadspin cared abt Howard, they'd take the baby off his head, put away his Coates starter kit, let him work out identity issues n therapy
— Jason Whitlock (@WhitlockJason) October 7, 2015
Howard has now turned on ESPN. He gets very upset when he realizes he's not getting the job he wanted. #TheExplanation2
— Jason Whitlock (@WhitlockJason) October 7, 2015
LOL. I write 10-15 tweets in 2 years. They write 40,000 words. But I'm obsessed. OK. C'mon, man. https://t.co/KrsYYu1GRl
— Jason Whitlock (@WhitlockJason) October 7, 2015