nytimes August 25, 2021 9:00pm ESPN Cancels Nichols’s Show After Her Remarks About a Colleague #television #basketball #espn #nicholsrachel #taylormaria1987 #discrimination #news ESPN Cancels Nichols’s Show After Her Remarks About a Colleague Rachel Nichols said in a recorded conversation that Maria Taylor, who is Black, was chosen to host 2020 N.B.A. finals coverage because the network “felt pressure” on diversity.