Former SportsCenter anchor Max McGee has lifted the lid on his ESPN firing, two years on from his dismissal as a result of a workplace investigation.
McGee, who left the network in 2024 following ‘a complaint about him from a female employee’ according to The Athletic, recently took to Instagram to reflect on his exit.
In a video to his followers, McGee explained: ‘At the end of that process, I was terminated. People have asked me ever since what happened.
‘The honest answer is that I can only tell you what I know. I was never provided specific details of the complaint that ultimately led to that decision.
‘I asked questions, I looked for answers, and I left that process with more uncertainty than clarity,’ the former SportsCenter host revealed.
During his video, McGee – who was initially hired by the network in January 2022 – did not directly address the nature of the complaint that led to his eventual firing.
Former SportsCenter anchor Max McGee has lifted the lid on his ESPN firing
McGee, who left the network in 2024 following ‘a complaint about him from a female employee’ according to The Athletic, recently took to Instagram to reflect on his exit
‘For the last two years, I’ve mostly stayed quiet. Not because I didn’t have anything to say, but because I was trying to do what I thought was the right thing.
‘What made it difficult was [that] this wasn’t just a job – this was something I worked years toward. Now, suddenly, it was gone.
‘Now I’m not making this video to attack anyone [or] blame anyone, and I’m not asking for sympathy. I’m making it because the silence has allowed other people to tell the story for me.
‘I’ve questioned myself. I’ve been angry, I’ve been embarrassed, I’ve been disappointed, and I’ve wondered whether I’d ever work in television again.
‘But I’ve also learned something: You don’t always get closure. You don’t always get a perfect explanation. Sometimes all you can decide is whether you’re going to keep going’.
He ended by insisting, ‘this isn’t the end of my story, this is just a chapter of it’.
McGee’s initial hiring at ESPN drew plenty of praise online due to his unique journey as a college dropout who worked his way up to the esteemed network.
He was also, previously, a sports anchor at the Baltimore CBS affiliate WJZ-TV.
