ESPN producer quits after 24 years: "I won't have blood on my hands"
"I'm Not Going to Have Blood on My Hands"
Nicole Noren spent 24 years at ESPN, winning Emmys for investigative reporting. She left after the network launched ESPN Bet and then partnered with DraftKings, saying she couldn't work for a gambling company. Noren, whose father, grandfather, and brother were destroyed by sports betting addiction, says ESPN ignored her pitches for stories on gambling harm and published a kid-friendly betting primer that made her sick.
I grew up in a sportsbook. We didn't go to museums and typical places kids go to. We were dragged to Las Vegas in the eighties and hanging out in the Hilton and Caesars sportsbooks, when kids weren't supposed to be around there.