It’s been a rather painful time in Bristol, CT at the ESPN World Headquarters. With as many as 350 people losing their jobs this week, some dating back to the origins of the network, one can imagine that the mood among those still working at the Worldwide Leader is hardly joyful.
Asides from ESPN president John Skipper’s statement to employees acknowledging the layoffs, we haven’t heard anything from inside the company. That is until now. At the end of Friday’s NFL Insiders, Suzy Kolber saluted all of the men and women who were laid off.