Jemele Hill…ESPN Front Row
Jemele Hill
Jemele Hill is the former ESPN SportsCenter host who used her platform to not only dish out sports commentary but also offer information about cultural and social issues that affects blacks in America, as was mentioned on The Source’s site.
In 2008, Hill was suspended from her post at the NBA playoffs for stating, “Rooting for the Celtics is like saying Hitler was a victim. It’s like hoping Gorbachev would get to the blinking red button before Reagan.”
In a series of tweets Hill made on September 11, 2017, she described President Donald Trump as a “white supremacist.” Subsequently, she was suspended from ESPN on October 9, 2017, for a “second violation of our social media guidelines.”
Later on in the year, Hill joined The Undefeated, ESPN’s website that covers race and sports.
Hill is currently a staff writer for The Atlantic.
