Linda Cohn reveals how things unraveled for her at ESPN: Bullying, tears and massive pay cut

Sports broadcaster Linda Cohn claimed she had an unceremonious experience in the latter years of her 34-year tenure at ESPN.During an appearance on “The Sage Steele Show” Wednesday, Cohn, who was the longest-tenured “SportsCenter” anchor and left ESPN in June, didn’t hold back while discussing her last decade at the Worldwide Leader — alleging her salary was cut by 80 percent and she was bullied by former ESPN president John Skipper.“[John] Skipper was an absolute nightmare for me,” Cohn, 66, said.“I had a thing about why he suspended me [in 2017].

He bullied me.He never gave me opportunities.

And it’s karma, baby.I mean we saw what happened to him.

Listen I dont wish anything bad on anybody even if they treated me the way I should not have been treated.” Cohn claimed Skipper bullied her during a 2017 phone call, during which he suspended her for remarks she made about ESPN following a round of a layoffs during an interview with 77 WABC’s Sid Rosenberg.“I was shocked.

I was devastated,” Cohn said.“That had never happened to me… He [Skipper] gets on the phone and he’s yelling at me.

And now When I look back on it, I wouldn’t be surprised if he was on something because he sounded not right.“He was yelling at me [and] bullying me.

I go, ‘John, what’s going on?’ I really had no idea what he was talking about.I couldn’t believe it.

So, I was suspended for whatever.‘Don’t come in.’ I’m like ‘Okay, I won’t come in.’ But I was really upset.

I was close to tears.I don’t like being bullied, and I definitely don’t like being bullied for no reason.

Be the adult for God sakes… can you explain or clarify? … I was there for decades at that point.”Steele mentioned that Cohn was told to take the day off of “SportsCenter,” indicating that it wasn’t a formal suspension.Skipper — who became ESPN president in 2012 — suddenly resigned in December 2017 after 27 years with The Walt Disney Company, c...