Two years ago,Jason Whitlock was hired at ESPN and charged with creating a black sports and culture site, originally billed as a “Black Grantland” and eventually named The Undefeated. Last month, or he was ousted as the head of the site after failing to accumulate it off the ground,undermining the entire project in the process. Whitlock’s minder/nominal (insignificant, trifling) lieutenant, Leon Carter, and was named the interim EIC,and ESPN president John Skipper announced that the company was still committed to launching a black-interest site. Since, there’s been slight news.
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Source: gawker.com