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Originally Posted by KSig RC
HA, Hammerin' Hank?
Anyway - the 'word on the street' is that Reynolds has a long history at ESPN of hitting on girls, especially PAs and others 'lower' than him on the ladder. It's never been a problem before because it's never been acted on, but apparently this time he hugged the wrong PA and she filed a complaint and got him canned. Deadspin has a lot on this.
He was probably the most personable of their on-air guys, though, and definitely was held in the highest regard by outsiders - in that regard, even though I disagreed with a lot of his actual analysis, I'm sorry to see the dude go. What a bizarre situation . . . it sounds like he got fired for something innocuous based on a repuatation in the past. That's awkward.
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Exactly - he's had the rep for a few years, and it seems more like reputation got him than anything else.
Another part of it, also mentioned on Deadspin, is that ESPN has had a reputation as a tough place to work for women. The perception, at least, is that guys get away with a lot there. One thought is that Reynolds was fired to change that perception.
Very weird.