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ESPN and Bill Simmons are Divorcing

ESPN president announces that the company will not renew Simmons' contract

The New York Times broke a story this morning titled: Bill Simmons and ESPN to Part Ways.  Simmons' contract will expire this fall and he and the company have been working on an extension for months, but discussions have not proved fruitful.

"I've decided that I'm not going to renew his contract," said John Skipper, the president of ESPN. "We've been talking to Bill and his agent and it was clear we weren't going to get to the terms, so we were better off focusing on transition.