‘Inside the World of ESPN’ Author Defends John Skipper’s Performance as Network President
The man who might know ESPN better than anyone believes that former president John Skipper did a pretty good job.
“John Skipper had a real commitment to originality and quality,” author James Andrew Miller told TheWrap in the wake of the network chief’s resignation on Monday, in which he cited “substance addiction.”
Miller — who famously charted the rise of the sports behemoth in his 2011 book, “Those Guys Have All the Fun” — pointed to ESPN’s emphasis on live programming, and “original intellectual property” like Grantland, FiveThirtyEight, and the Emmy-winning “30 for 30” documentary series as feathers in Skipper’s cap.