May 3, 2024
Following his disrespectful treatment of an ESPN producer, Bucks guard Patrick Beverley is now persona non grata at the country’s biggest sports network, Front Office Sports has learned.
ESPN management has banned Beverley from making further guest appearances on studio shows such as First Take and Get Up, according to sources familiar with the network’s thinking.
Many ESPN executives and staffers were outraged when Beverley tried to eject Malinda Adams from a postgame press scrum Thursday night. First, Beverley asked the respected ESPN producer if she subscribed to his podcast. When she said she did not, he told her she could not interview him. When Adams stood her ground, Beverley repeatedly pushed her microphone away, telling her to leave the circle of reporters around his locker.
Source: Front Office Sports