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Originally Posted by keg in kc
Not a surprise. Was just listening to a podcast of Harlan on Petro's show earlier this week about how ESPN wants to take over the newspaper style coverage and have in-town beat reporters for all 32 teams. Most of us don't like him, but he's a no-brainer hire for ESPN, has all the connections here they would need.
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Sounds like ESPN wants to own all regional market sports coverage now?
I wonder how long until local coverage of sports gets dropped by the local media papers and TV stations as a cost savings maneuver?