Dan Le Batard Didn't Appear on Daily Radio Show Monday After Anti-Trump Comments
By Sean Facey
Dan Le Batard's political dealings from last week kept him off of the radio airwaves on Monday.
The ESPN radio personality didn't appear on his daily morning radio show after he laid into Donald Trump in a winding political rant on Thursday that also took aim at ESPN's company policy of only discussing political issues when they relate directly to sports.
Dan Le Batard will not be on his radio show. He and ESPN Jimmy Pitaro have gone and forth all weekend, discussing the fallout over his political comments. according to a source. Le Batard has chosen not go to on radio today, but will do his TV show. (1 of 2)
— Andrew Marchand (@AndrewMarchand) July 22, 2019
Le Batard made the choice himself in an effort to allow the situation to die down. Though he didn't host the radio show, he still plans to appear on his television show "Highly Questionable" in the afternoon.
He plans to return to doing the radio broadcast on Tuesday.
Le Batard told ESPN of his decision late Sunday night. He is expected to return to the radio show on Tuesday. (2 of 2)
— Andrew Marchand (@AndrewMarchand) July 22, 2019
“We here at ESPN don’t have the stomach for the fight,” he said of the company's rather apolitical policies. “We don’t talk about what is happening unless there is some sort of weak, cowardly sports angle that we can run it through."
ESPN has had to deal with political drama instigated by its own personalities in the past. A case that stands out the most is that of Jemele Hill, who parted ways with the company after calling Trump a white supremacist on Twitter.
Le Batard has yet to be disciplined by ESPN for his actions, but it still stands a possible course of action for the sports media behemoth.