{"id":10456,"date":"2021-11-21T22:26:29","date_gmt":"2021-11-21T22:26:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rawdogsports.com\/?p=10456"},"modified":"2024-01-19T04:59:12","modified_gmt":"2024-01-19T04:59:12","slug":"michelle-beadle-lebron-james-fired-espn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rawdogsports.com\/blog\/michelle-beadle-lebron-james-fired-espn\/","title":{"rendered":"Michelle Beadle claims LeBron James tried to get her fired from ESPN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former ESPN sports reporter, Michelle Beadle, has claimed that LeBron James tried to get her fired from ESPN during a podcast called What Did I Miss? with Michelle Beadle. Former NBA star Paul Pierce as a guest on the podcast where Beadle made the claim against James.<\/p>\n<p>This all goes back to LeBron&#8217;s &#8216;The Decision&#8217; where he televised leaving the Cleveland Cavaliers &#8211; something sports fans easily made fun of because it was completely absurd and arrogant to televise yourself leaving a team.<\/p>\n<p>WATCH BEADLE:<\/p>\n<div class=\"nv-iframe-embed\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Paul Pierce Talks LeBron, ESPN, Bumble, Infamous Wheelchair Game and More with Michelle Beadle\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/w5id5Xo0WhU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Beadle&#8217;s claim is that LeBron tried to have her fired for what she said about &#8216;The Decision&#8217; which was something just about everyone made fun of.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cHe tried,\u201d Beadle said. \u201cHe did try to do that. I was like, \u2018Wow, I\u2019m honored that I\u2019m even on your mind. Thank you very much, sir. That\u2019s a weird place for me to be.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy stuff with him started off not personal. I made fun of <em>The Decision<\/em>\u00a0like 400,000 other talking heads did at the time. I think for some reason that was it. It wasn\u2019t personal to begin, obviously now it will always be personal. It is what it is. I&#8217;m very comfortable with not liking people.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>These are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/extra-mustard\/2021\/11\/19\/michelle-beadle-podcast-lebron-james-feud-espn-the-decision-paul-pierce\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">her claims against LeBron<\/a> and it&#8217;s unclear what the rest of her story might be because they changed the subject during the podcast.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former ESPN sports reporter, Michelle Beadle, has claimed that LeBron James tried to get her fired from ESPN during a podcast called What Did I Miss? with Michelle Beadle. Former NBA star Paul Pierce as a guest on the podcast where Beadle made the claim against James. 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