Fox Sports fires Pro Football Hall of Famer Cris Carter

Steve Timko

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Nov 7, 2019, 10:54:32 PM11/7/19

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By JOE REEDY
AP Sports Writer

Fox Sports has fired Cris Carter after three years at the network.

Fox Sports issued a statement Thursday saying Carter was no longer at the network and had no further comment. The Pro Football Hall of Famer had been a co-host of FS1's "First Things First" morning show since its launch in 2017.

Carter had not been on the show since Oct. 31, according to The Big Lead.

Fox hired Carter as an NFL analyst but he was not part of the network's "Thursday Night Football" or "NFL Sunday" studio shows.

Carter was part of ESPN's NFL studio shows from 2008 until early 2016, when the network reshuffled its lineups.

Fox Sports spokesman Andrew Fegyveresi said various personalities will fill in with co-hosts Nick Wright and Jenna Wolfe on "First Things First" until a permanent replacement for Carter is named.

Dave Sikula

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Nov 8, 2019, 4:37:25 AM11/8/19

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This is one of those stories that makes me wish Deadspin hadn't folded.

--Dave Sikula

Bob Jersey

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Nov 8, 2019, 10:02:44 AM11/8/19

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Dave Sikula, to Steve Timko, today (11/08):

This is one of those stories that makes me wish Deadspin hadn't folded.

To those unaware, the company that acquired it and other formerly-Gawker sites reportedly ordered staff "stick to sports." (Several staffers including an editor quit thereafter.)

https://www.thedailybeast.com/go-media-tells-deadspin-staff-in-leaked-memo-stick-to-sports (link)

Personnel matters on sports programming entities apparently fail G/O Media's standards... another biz-following site, in reporting that Carter had taken a leave of absence prior to the decision, heard from sources that Carter wasn't fond of the network choosing "Gronk" (seen in another thread lately) and "Fox NFL Sunday" panelist/ex-CBS pregamer Tony Gonzalez over him for the Thursday-night pregame...