Shane Battier, after one year as a college basketball announcer at ESPN, has left the network.
Battier retired from the NBA last summer and quickly landed at ESPN as a college basketball announcer.
The timing of his departure – ESPN recently laid off 300 staffers – might sound fishy, but sources say that there’s no story behind his exit. Battier is married and has two young children under the age of eight.
Credit to The Big Lead who originally published this article
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