Last week, ESPN head honcho John Skipper announced the network would not be renewing Bill Simmons’ contract when it came time to re-up in September. This morning, Sports Illustrated‘s Richard Deitsch reported that Simmons — who, aside from a few tweets, has been radio silent since his firing (let’s call it what it is) — won’t be spending his remaining days as a contributor for ESPN. And that includes Grantland, the site he launched in 2011:
SI has learned that ESPN and Simmons have worked out an agreement that officially ends his tenure as a front-facing employee for ESPN. Simmons sent an email to Grantland staffers this week informing them that he would no longer be working for the site he founded in 2011. Simmons will also no longer do podcasts or appear on television for ESPN.
The terms of that “agreement” are unknown, but unless a buyout was involved, we probably won’t be hearing from Simmons for awhile.
[SI]
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