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Senior ESPN Production Exec Norby Williamson Is Leaving After A Nearly 40-Year Run


Long-tenured ESPN production exec Norby Williamson, a key SportsCenter architect who recently clashed with Pat McAfee, is exiting the network.

ESPN EVP of Production Norby Williamson, who helped build SportsCenter into a signature franchise but recently had a public clash with Pat McAfee, is departing after nearly 40 years at the network. “Due to the exceptional hard work, creativity and commitment of the people of ESPN, and to a much lesser extent my contributions, I’d like to think we’ve left our great company in a far better place than we found it,” the statement said. Due to the exceptional hard work, creativity and commitment of the people of ESPN, and to a much lesser extent my contributions, I’d like to think we’ve left our great company in a far better place than we found it.”

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