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[Michelle Beadle] believes that LeBron James played a role in her dismissal from NBA Countdown, where she was replaced by Rachel Nichols: “Yeah, you know, he’s a powerful dude. I mean, there’s no getting around that he is an empire and an entity upon himself.”



[Michelle Beadle] believes that LeBron James played a role in her dismissal from NBA Countdown, where she was replaced by Rachel Nichols: “Yeah, you know, he’s a powerful dude. I mean, there’s no getting around that he is an empire and an entity upon himself.”

by AashyLarry

44 Comments

  1. Purples_A_Fruit

    Oh shit, Michelle Beadle is still around?

    Also, seeing as how subsequent Rachel Nichols news played out, it seems just as likely that Rachel had something to do with getting Beadle out.

  2. Forsaken_Rub_2128

    You’d swear LeBron is Stalin lmfao

  3. randy88moss

    This lady is a career victim….she’ll say some reckless shit then cry when she gets called out on it later on. Don’t feel sorry for her at all.

  4. Shingorillaz

    I mean i’m sure if Lebron wanted to get someone of Beadles stature demoted he probably could doesn’t mean he did tho.

  5. graveyeverton93

    When you need traction just throw Lebron’s name out there. Why would he be arsed about this? Lol.

  6. throwawayjoeyboots

    Beadle is a perpetual victim. There have been so many instances of her accusing someone conspiring to keep her down in life that it’s kind of sad.

  7. WhenItsHalfPastFive

    There have been far less and far more important people he could have “gotten fired” if he had the power or will to do that. To suggest he would target only Michelle for some strange reason is ridiculous

  8. ej271828

    the entire cast of announcers and commentators is unwatchable garbage

  9. lukaintomyeyes

    Next they’ll say LeBron has space lasers and uses them to start wild fires whenever he’s criticized.

  10. If Lebron were to deal with someone, I had no doubt that it would’ve been either Skip Bayless or Stephen A. first before a Michelle Beadle.

  11. FailOk8045

    Or maybe it’s because she was unwatchable

  12. Mention LeBron for clout, get articles posted about you

  13. BourbonBorderline

    Remember when ESPN built an entire morning show around her and Mike Greenberg…only for her to announce on Twitter that she wouldn’t cover college football any more like two weeks later? Guessing maybe she’s got only herself to blame for her falling out with espn

  14. Poopcie

    Idk. Its not like the other people in roles similar to her role loved lebron and she also wasnt so great that she couldn’t be replaced. Her show sportsnation is one of the shows that drove me away from sports coverage. That entire era of espn was cringe tbh having a bunch of 40+ year olds trying to appeal to college kids.

  15. RVAIsTheGreatest

    Michelle has been very, very consistent about this throughout the last few years she’s returned to the media sphere. She has said Bron personally DM’d her to criticize her for attacking him on twitter and that he did it to others, and that she caught wind connecting dots that he and his representatives would personally slide into DM’s/contact networks/etc. when it came to members of the media that criticized/attacked LeBron.

    I don’t know how much outright proof she has, but it’s all very plausible…we know how overbearing Rich Paul was back then. We know how sensitive LeBron often could be back then to criticism. I’m glad Michelle has landed back on her feet…she’s pretty take-no-prisoners. She’s loving her time with the Spurs. You don’t need ESPN to be successful.

  16. wrexy_619

    “I have been vocal because my job entailed opinions on television, and I’ve never really cared for the way he conducts himself in most things,” she said. “I find it to be very fraudulent and passive aggressive, which is not my cup of tea.”

    Michelle on Lebron James, she hates him and she thinks he hates her. I doubt he has ever given her a second thought.

  17. colossuskiddx

    No Michelle, you are a known bitch to other athletes and a toxic person in a work environment

  18. spazz720

    The ego on some of theses people are outstanding. What beef was there to begin with?

  19. Jonthesinner21

    Nah she’s tripping. She got fired bc of how she acted during Zion’s draft. She appeared drunk the whole show

  20. burritoHole

    Michelle Beadle never knew what she talking about.

  21. Zeuxis5

    She was awful. Surely that played into it.

  22. PreservedInCarbonite

    Rachel Nichols meatrider confirmed

  23. FearlessInflation92

    Bron got me fired from my job too!!!! 😡

  24. havenstone

    Michelle, is this Lebron James in the room with us now?

  25. _Accufunkture_

    She peaked when she was co-host of that game show.

  26. XworldwidewebX

    She was once jealous that my dog could walk around off his leash and came when I called him and hers couldn’t

  27. GameBlouses80

    She was the female skip bayless and would constantly trash him. Not shocked if he wasn’t a fan, but let’s be honest they’ve kept way worse in the payroll.

  28. mr_antman85

    Don’t worry Michelle, LeBron didn’t give me any money for rooting for him during the Heatles years 😡😡😡

  29. arcelios

    Wait.. She actually thinks she’s important enough for LeBron to take notice?? And the dumb clowns believe that?? LeBron never even acknowledged Skip Bayless in the past 2 decades. Not even once lmao

  30. Zachkah

    Oh, the lady who hates Lebron with every fiber of her being thinks it’s lebrons fault her show got shit ratings, her co-host bounced for Fox Sports, and she got canned? Color me surprised.

  31. ChiBron86

    LeBron, if it really was you, thank you from the bottom of my heart for getting rid of that insufferable cunt.

  32. Toadforpresident

    Pretty shitty move on Lebrons part. Not terribly surprising though

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