The network announced late Tuesday that the announcer, Robert Lee, a part-time employee who calls about a dozen college football and basketball games a year for ESPN, would no longer participate in the broadcast of the Sept. 2 game in Charlottesville, Va., which became the center of violent clashes this month during a white supremacist gathering.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
I sure hope that the broadcaster doesn’t have any statues in his yard.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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