ESPN's Jemele Hill will step down from her SportsCenter 6 p.m. anchor role and join the company's sports, pop culture and race website, The Undefeated, a person with knowledge of the situation confirmed to USA TODAY Sports on Friday. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the decision has not been announced publicly.
The person told USA TODAY Sports that it was Hill's decision, and that she will work for other ESPN platforms, highlighted by The Undefeated.
Hill had been co-host of the SC6 hour for close to a year, starting last February in the lead role alongside fellow anchor Michael Smith.
Hill was suspended for two weeks in September for violating ESPN's social media policy — when she called President Donald Trump "a white supremacist" in a tweet. In response to Hill's comments about Trump, White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders called for Hill to be fired. ESPN released a statement at the time that said Hill's comments "do not represent the position" of the company.
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