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Ham then wrote on her Substack that she has not been on the air at CNN since the exchange, saying new CNN President and CEO Chris Licht informed her of a "secret ban" when he took control of the company.

The 38-year-old has seen his hockey profile grow, with national assignments from TNT added to his schedule. Burke worked 12 games on the Yankees Radio Network as one of several fill-in announcers as Sterling took extra time off during the season.

“There’s something to be said and I take pride in this. I see the game differently than a lot of players that are in the media because a lot of players that are in the media are Hall-of-Famers."

In comparison, the KayRod Cast of ESPN's Sunday Night Baseball averaged just over 200,000 viewers for its eight broadcasts, reaching a high of 336,000 during an August appearance by Derek Jeter.

Sarah Rosen, Head of North American Content Partnerships for Twitter, said the look-ins would "further fuel the real-time conversation".

Wednesday NBA Countdown shows will air on ESPN at 7p ET.

“Just wanted to say, now that the story is officially out, that my time with the WWE is officially done."

“From my perspective, I just watch a game totally different than probably most people,” he said.

“I would love to come back, that’s for sure. I enjoy what I do, I enjoy working with you guys.”

The league's streaming service for out-of-market games registered 11.5 billion minutes watched.