No, I would fire the woman for slander against reynolds. I(ESPN) and reynolds would deny the allegations and accuse the victim for lieing for her own personal monetary motives. Without physical proof(a video or audio tape), you can't prove anything. But I'm acting like Reynolds is the sole reason for ESPN's success, which he is not. It was probably in espns best interest to fire him, but reynolds is a guy i always like and will always support him.
you don't fire her immediately. she was probably playing hard to get with all the "harassment" talk. harold should have been given the chance to whip it out for her. if she said no then you got to fire her ass. what else are women good for at espn? on a side note, one of my friends told me that it also involved linda cohn and bukkake.
Typical Clutchfans, everyone believes the first rumor because it's something juicy. What I've heard... (from no definate source or anything, just throwing what I heard out there) ...is that Reynolds has been at odds with the producers/staff of the show, who has been on Full "Save Face for A-Rod" mode for a full week now. Him and Kruk were going at it the other night, with Kruk and his typical "Bluh bluh bluh *neckfatwobble* bluh bluh for the simple fact that bluh bluh" type rants, where everytime Reynolds would try to say anything, Kruk would open his fat mouth again and spout off more random BS. Then Reynolds finally turned to him after his last rant and said something like "You finish? oh okay"
Thats what my friend was thinking when he found out harold was fired. Said he thought it might of been how him and kruk have been getting pissed at each other for awhile now in arguments. Man I hate John Kruk, get rid of that dumbass
Carl Dukes from ESPN 790 mentioned the rumor but I stepped out of my car during the commercial and did not get back to listen to it. Anybody heard what he said? I guess we can call in tomorrow and ask him.
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/2006-07-25-espn-reynolds_x.htm Harold Reynolds out of a job at ESPN Updated 7/25/2006 10:19 PM ET Permissions | Subscribe to stories like this By Michael McCarthy and Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY Longtime ESPN baseball analyst Harold Reynolds has left the all sports cable network. But neither Reynolds nor ESPN will discuss the reasons for his sudden departure. The former All-Star second baseman for the Seattle Mariners became familiar to millions of viewers during his 11 years on ESPN's Baseball Tonight show. ESPN anchor Mike Greenberg announced on-air that Reynolds had left the network during Tuesday's 6 p.m. SportsCenter program. ESPN spokesman Mike Soltys said the Walt Disney-owned network would not comment further on the reasons behind Reynolds' sudden departure. Besides teaming with analyst John Kruk and anchor Karl Ravech on Baseball Tonight, Reynolds also covered the College World Series, Little League World Series and Major League Baseball All-Star game for ESPN. Reynolds made his last appearance on Baseball Tonight Sunday evening. In an interview with USA TODAY, Reynolds said he was fired by ESPN at a meeting Monday afternoon while still in the first year of a six-year employment pact. Reynolds declined to discuss the reasons behind his termination. But he said he's already received several job offers and his attorneys will be working out the financial details of his contract over the next few weeks. "They made a decision to have a change in direction. I respect their decision, but I don't necessarily agree with it," says Reynolds. "Six months ago, I was in a situation where my contract was up. I had opportunities to pursue. Now I'll pursue other avenues that are there. In a strange way, those avenues were created by ESPN." The former Gold Glove-winning second baseman started his TV career with ESPN in 1996 after 12 seasons with Mariners, Baltimore Orioles and California Angels.
If ESPN really fired Harold Reynolds over what Miguel talked about (this thing with Alex Rodriguez), then I am pretty much through with watching them. I understand completely for dismissing him over sexual harassment, but for having the balls to criticize A-Rod?? That is so ridiculous, I wouldn't know where to start.
From interview #1 From interview #2 So Harold, do you want to move on to these "other opportunities" or do you want your job back?
I don't know where Miguel heard (I like how you are making it mysterious...), but I read the A-Rod thing at the same site that was posted earlier, deadspin. http://www.deadspin.com/sports/top/was-this-why-harold-got-the-axe-189733.php (UPDATE: Another reader, with "contacts on the inside," refutes the sexual harassment whispers: "Anyone who is saying sexual harassment either has been given bad third-hand info or is lying. Harold has had a couple of rather heated arguments with the producers at "Baseball Tonight," and some of the suits at ESPN over the program's coverage of Alex Rodriguez. At the last production meeting, when it was made clear they were going to really play up the A-Rod angle during coverage of the Yankees-Texas series, Harold had a colossal meltdown, which led to his dismissal. The sexual harassment allegations are even more laughable when you consider that he is being replaced by Steve Phillips -- a man who has never met a skirt he wouldn't chase and who was caught in one of the more embarrassing front office sexual harassment scandals in MLB history." True? Not true? This, like the rest of it, just reinforces our point: We don't know. And the longer ESPN pretends like nothing happened, like they're a corner shop with three employees, believing this stuff can possibly remain private, the more talk there will be. Still, this is the lone "it's not sexual harassment email" we've received.) There are other updates after this though showing other people reporting the sexual harrasment story, but it seems like these other places are just going on what was posted at deadspin.
I wonder if it the lady who cursed on the air a couple of months ago. http://gorillamask.net/espntech.shtml
I didn't really believe either one until today when I read about the "hug". I was just saying, from what I had seen on the show (for about 2-3 weeks leading up to the firing) that it seemed that everytime the ARod BS was brought up, him and Kruk/Phillips would go at it at all times. The rumor I had heard actually made more sense from the information I had seen on TV myself, not just going on rumors assuming that Reynolds was grabbing everything with a miniskirt. (although it may start to seem a bit more likely now, but was based on only rumors, not anything any of us had seen before) Plus, I bet Harold was just re-enacting Entourage. "Let's hug it out B****!"
Nothing mysterious, I just couldn't remember where I had seen it, I had copied it to a friend earlier and had it sitting in an AIM message.
I don't mean to bump this thread, but I read another rumor on why Harold Reynolds was fired. Again, this is a rumor that I saw posted on a blog (http://playahata.com/hatablog/). Please don't shoot the messenger and make what you want of it especially since the report was filed by 'Oh Papi': A member of the “Baseball Tonight” team for 11 years, he made his last appearance on the show Sunday night, according to a network spokesman, who refuses comment on a New York Post report that Reynolds was fired. Reynolds played 12 seasons in the major leagues. He joined ESPN in 1996. Harold Reynolds was fired for speaking out behind the scenes about the way ESPN has gone after Barry Bonds, but not once did they make any effort to go after Mark McGwire during his known Steroid days. Reynolds was even was told during this stint (1998-2001) to not even allege that Mark McGwire was using steroids. Reynolds told Espn his first hand knowledge about Mark McGwire’s steroid usage, and was told to never mention it publicly.Now its open season on speculating about Bonds, the African American that its seems ok to accuse of steroid usage.Reynolds went off behind the scenes and got fired for venting his frustration about this racist policy. ESPN shot back with a counter breakdown via NY Post, reporting Harold Reynolds was fired by ESPN from his job as a baseball analyst after he was accused of sexual harassment, the New York Post reported Wednesday. Reynolds a memberof the Baseball Tonight team for 11 years, said he didn’t do anything to warrant his abrupt dismissal and wants his job back. Reynolds told the Post. “My goal is to sit down and get back. To be honest with you, I gave a woman a hug and I felt like it was misinterpreted.” The newspaper, quoting sources, reported that the woman is an ESPN employee. Many are still speculating how an employee of more than a decade could be fired so quickly without so much as a hearing on any allegations of his conduct.
