Jim Hoft – ESPN, majority owned by The Walt Disney Company, has fired Sam Ponder, the popular host of Sunday NFL Countdown.
The network officially cited budget cuts as the reason. This decision comes on the same day the network also severed ties with former NFL quarterback Robert Griffin III.
Both terminations have been described as part of ESPN’s efforts to balance its books before the fiscal year concludes at the end of September, according to The Athletic who first reported the news. Continue reading
Sean Adl-Tabatabai – FBI agents threatened a nurse in Texas after she exposed the Texas Children’s Hospital’s ongoing and abusive child sex change operations.
Niamh Harris – Separate male and female toilets are set to become a legal requirement in all new restaurants, public toilets, shopping centers and offices in England under proposed legislation, the UK government has said.
Leif Le Mahieu – Arkansas Republican Governor Sarah Sanders made a significant announcement on Tuesday, stating that the state would no longer permit the use of “X” as a gender marker on driver’s licenses and state IDs.