{"id":48294,"date":"2025-07-30T19:48:07","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T19:48:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/48294\/"},"modified":"2025-07-30T19:48:07","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T19:48:07","slug":"shannon-sharpe-out-at-espn-after-settling-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/48294\/","title":{"rendered":"Shannon Sharpe Out at ESPN After Settling Lawsuit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tNFL hall-of-famer and podcaster <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/shannon-sharpe\/\" id=\"auto-tag_shannon-sharpe_1\" data-tag=\"shannon-sharpe\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Shannon Sharpe<\/a> is out at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/espn\/\" id=\"auto-tag_espn_1\" data-tag=\"espn\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ESPN<\/a>, just a few weeks <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/business\/business-news\/shannon-sharpe-settles-rape-lawsuit-1236320033\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">after settling<\/a> a $50 million lawsuit brought by a woman who had accused him of rape.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tSharpe, who had been a regular contributor to the popular First Take morning show, had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/tv\/tv-news\/shannon-sharpe-exits-espn-denies-rape-allegation-1236200076\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">temporarily stepped aside <\/a>from his duties at ESPN earlier this year after the suit was first filed, with plans to return in time for the NFL season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tA source familiar with the matter confirms to The Hollywood Reporter that Sharpe will not return to ESPN. The Athletic <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/6525499\/2025\/07\/30\/shannon-sharpe-lawsuit-settlement-espn-first-take\/?utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=twhq&amp;source=twitterhq\" target=\"_blank\">first reported<\/a> the news.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe former tight end had emerged as a media powerhouse in his retirement, first at Fox Sports, and later at ESPN. Sharpe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/tv\/tv-news\/shannon-sharpe-new-espn-first-take-deal-1235919579\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">had inked a new deal with ESPN<\/a> just over a year ago, with Disney CEO Bob Iger personally getting involved in the discussions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tBut he also built a large podcast following with Club Shay Shay, which gave him a platform on a scale unlike anything he had seen before.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t\u201cI\u2019m bigger now than at any point in my career. I\u2019m 10 times what I was,\u201d Sharpe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/business\/digital\/shannon-sharpe-interview-club-shay-shay-kat-williams-1235910002\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">told THR last year<\/a>. \u201cI won Super Bowls. I\u2019m in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. But I\u2019ve never been as big as I am right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tWhile Sharpe has been absent on ESPN, he has continued to release new episodes of the podcast.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NFL hall-of-famer and podcaster Shannon Sharpe is out at ESPN, just a few weeks after settling a $50&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":48295,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[352,349,4053,99],"class_list":["post-48294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-espn","tag-nfl","tag-shannon-sharpe","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48294"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48294\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}