Dan Le Batard Tests ESPN’s – and Jimmy Pitaro’s – No-Politics Policy

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  • Author: Brian Steinberg
  • July 19,2019

Perhaps someone didn’t get the memo.

Ever since Jimmy Pitaro took the helm of ESPN in early 2018, employees at the Walt Disney-owned sports-media juggernaut were made aware of at least one thing: The new boss didn’t want sportscasters yakking it up about politics any longer. But Dan Le Batard, the popular radio and TV host, has tested that policy about 18 months into Pitaro’s tenure at the Walt Disney-owned sports-media juggernaut.

Le Batard took to his radio show Thursday (often simulcast on Espnews) and began to comment on a tweet by Fox Sports commentator Nick Wright, who
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