Stephanie Druley, ESPN’s head of studio and event production, pushed back hard against that, telling Awful Announcing in a statement, “We can say unequivocally this decision was made solely by me and our management team. With January about to end, I figured what better than to look back at some of Shaq and Charles Barkleys funniest moments so far this season. According to the New York Post’s Andrew Marchand, ESPN knew announcer Troy Aikman wanted a new producer, but didn’t explicitly tell the network to replace Dean. So last night they decided to have some fun at Perkins expense.

Speaking of ESPN, there’s been a lot of chatter in sports media circles about changes on Monday Night Football, with the network replacing producer Phil Dean with Steve Ackels and director Jimmy Platt with Derek Mobley. Shaq and Charles Barkley Got Into a Hilarious Screaming Match for the Silliest of Reasons. Charles Barkley and Shaquille ONeal have taken some heat from NBA analyst Kendrick Perkins. Now with March Madness Live you can watch the tournament games pretty much anywhere. No one knows.” ESPN has gone through several rounds of layoffs in recent years, including cuts in 2017 that sent big names like Ron Jaworski and Jayson Stark walking. Known for their playful banter, Shaq and Barkley traded jabs, with Shaq emerging victorious in the studio prank war.

“Hell, for all I know, I might be one of them,” First Take host Stephen A. The cuts, which are expected next month, could impact top on-air personalities and executives. More layoffs are coming to ESPN as part of larger cutbacks by parent company Disney.

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