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ESPN Pulls Robert Lee From Calling Virginia Football Game Over Name Coincidence – Reports

ESPN has switched announcer Robert Lee off of its broadcast of the University of Virginia's first football game of the season next month, owing to what the network said was "the coincidence of his name." Lee, who is Asian-American, shares a first and last name with the Confederate general whose statues have become a source of intense controversy in the United States. According to multiple reports, the sports network on Tuesday said the announcer would not call the…

 

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