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NBC on Thursday confirmed that Dick Ebersol has resigned after steering the network’s sports properties for nearly a quarter-century.
Ebersol stepped down from his post as NBC Sports chairman with 18 months left on a nine-year contract. According to sources who worked alongside Ebersol, the TV veteran could not come to an agreement on a new deal with NBCU/Comcast overlord Steve Burke.
The news shocked the sports media universe, coming on the heels of Ebersol’s jaunty pitch at NBC’s upfront.
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