Colin Cowherd Threatens Retirement Over Esports Coverage
ESPN host Colin Cowherd has summarily requested that eSports players get off his lawn. In a rant spanning just over three minutes, Cowherd aired his opinions on the industry in reaction to ESPN2 broadcasting Blizzard’s Heroes of the Dorm tournament live. The broadcast was not without precedent — the station had previously aired a Dota 2 tournament in 2014 on ESPN3. “Here’s what’s going to get me off the air. If I am ever forced to cover guys playing video games, I will retire....