Mark Hollis retires as Michigan State's athletic director in the wake of the Larry Nassar sexual assault scandal. Chris Solari/Detroit Free Press
Former Michigan State athletic director Mark Hollis broke his silence with an email Tuesday to MSU's athletic department staff that was critical of reporting by ESPN.
The email, which was forwarded to multiple media outlets, had a header “Thank You” and was sent from Hollis’ MSU email account.
Hollis — who announced his retirement Jan. 26, about two hours before ESPN published a story examining MSU's handling of allegations of sexual assault and violence against women in its football and basketball programs — wrote “there were inaccurate, incomplete and misleading statements made and then reported by ESPN.