Keith Olbermann has done his last show at ESPN - perhaps there's an Al-Jazeera Sports Channel in the works
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As always, power corrupts and perhaps KO's criticism of the NFL and MLB HOF went as usual "over" whatever corporate line existed. That sports mirrors politics can never be denied.
Speaking of Twitter: Today’s news seems to confirm, as we suspected, that when ESPN PR tweeted recently “Keith Olbermann has never been told any topic of his is off limits for his commentary nor has continuation of it been part of any conversation about his future at the company,” it’s because the network already had decided continuation of commentary at ESPN would not be part of Olbermann’s future. The tweet was more widely interpreted as a shoot-down of a THR report Olbermann had been told he could not do commentary in any new contract with the network.
Keith's had more jobs than I have so he's probably better able to handle the time off, but if CBS Sports is smarter than it was when it fired him from its LA affiliate - it would give him a hand in building the network's cable sports channel. OTOH, 2016 will be a target-rich political commentary environment.