In the wake of the white supremacist rallies in Charlottesville, Va., ESPN has pulled announcer Robert Lee from broadcasting University of Virginia football games because he shares a name with the famous Confederate general Robert E. Lee, according to Outkick the Coverage's Clay Travis.
Travis discussed the removal of Lee, who is of Asian descent, on Fox News' "Tucker Carlson Tonight."
ESPN reportedly provided Outkick the Coverage with the following statement:
“We collectively made the decision with Robert to switch games as the tragic events in Charlottesville were unfolding, simply because of the coincidence of his name.