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Prominent ESPN Employee Fired On Wednesday

Originally posted on The Spun | By Kameron Duncan | Last updated Apr 23, 2025 10:30 PM ET

A prominent ESPN employee has reportedly been let go following an investigation by the company's human resources department.

According to Ryan Glasspiegel of Front Office Sports, ESPN executive editor Cristina Daglas has been fired. Daglas had been placed on administrative leave back in January, and ESPN employees were reportedly informed of her firing on Wednesday.

It's currently unclear exactly what Daglas did to warrant the HR complaints or her eventual termination, but she has been let go after several years with the company.

Daglas' lawyers sent a cease-and-desist letter to ESPN in March, alleging “unlawful harassment, retaliation, and investigation" while calling the HR inquiries “wholly meritless and unsubstantiated.”

During her time at ESPN, Daglas became friends with senior deputy editor Elizabeth Baugh, one of her direct reports. ESPN believed that Daglas and Baugh's friendship was an "impediment" to the investigation, and Baugh was also placed on administrative leave.

Baugh has since left the company and now works at Ring Magazine, a long-running boxing publication.

Daglas had been with ESPN since 2016, and was the company's first-ever female MLB deputy editor. She also worked on NBA coverage before moving to oversee all of ESPN.com in the role she held before her firing.

Baugh joined ESPN in 2015 after working for several lifestyle and variety brands, initially landing with the company as a general editor. During her time with the company she oversaw coverage of boxing, MMA, UFC, WWE, tennis, golf and the NHL on ESPN.com.

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"What my client has been subjected to is a series of protracted, hours-long interrogations under the guise of an ‘investigation’ that appears to be both endless and aimless,” reads the cease-and-desist letter from Daglas' lawyers, according to Front Office Sports.

“The excessive nature of these meetings strongly suggests that Respondents are not conducting a legitimate inquiry, but rather grasping at straws in an attempt to manufacture misconduct where none exists."

"Respondents have already reached a decision after nearly two months of investigation and multiple discussions over the course of multiple hours with Claimant," the letter read, seemingly indicating that Daglas was aware that she would be fired, or at least that it was a possibility after the investigation.

This article first appeared on The Spun and was syndicated with permission.

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