Former ESPN analyst Flip Saunders has died. In other news, lead MLB on FOX director Bill Webb will miss the World Series due to illness, and ESPN is cutting hundreds of jobs.
Former ESPN Analyst Saunders Passes Away
- Former ESPN NBA analyst Flip Saunders passed away Sunday after a battle with cancer. He was 60. Saunders, the Minnesota Timberwolves’ head coach and president of basketball operations, worked for ESPN during the 2012-13 season and previously served as a guest analyst for TNT during the 2005 NBA Playoffs. (ESPN.com)
MLB on FOX Director Webb to Miss World Series
- Lead MLB on FOX director Bill Webb will miss the upcoming World Series as he battles cancer, the New York Daily News reported Sunday. Webb, who has directed all 18 previous World Series on FOX, will be replaced on the series by YES Network Yankees director John Moore. (NYDN via Awful Announcing)
ESPN Cutting Hundreds of Jobs
- As has been widely reported, ESPN announced last week that it will cut approximately 300 jobs. Many of those cuts have affected the production side, with long-tenured producers Gus Ramsey and Dave Miller — the latter of whom had been with company since its first year — among those departing. (Sports Business Daily)
