Wednesday, January 9, 2013

ESPN parts ways with Rob Parker after his comments on RG3

“Rob Parker's contract expired at year's end. Evaluating our needs and his work, including his recent RGIII comments, we decided not to renew his deal,” ESPN spokesman Mike Soltys said on Twitter. It's unclear whether that decision was made before orESPN sports commentator Rob Parker (pictured above) was finally given the boot by his employers on Tuesday as part of the fallout from his statements last month, when he questioned NFL Redskins quarterback RobertESPN sports commentator Rob Parker (pictured above) was finally given the boot by his employers on Tuesday as part of the fallout from his statements last month, when he questioned NFL Redskins quarterback RobertLess than a month after suspending Rob Parker for 30 days, ESPN announced on Tuesday that it was not going to renew the controversial analyst's contract. The news comes from Sports Business Journal's John Ourand: ESPN: "Rob Parker's contract expiredThe final two months of 2012 did not treat ESPN's Rob Parker very well. First he jumped to the defense of Miguel Cabrera as AL MVP on Twitter, ranting.
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