ESPNer Joins CNBC To Cover Sports Biz

“CNBC is poaching a reporter from ESPN to expand its coverage of sports business,” today’s NY Post reports. Darren Rovell, who worked six years at ESPN as a writer for ESPN.com and an on-air commentator for ‘SportsCenter,’ ‘Outside the Lines’ and ‘Cold Pizza,’ will join the business network next week. ‘CNBC recognizes the importance of sports to business and business programming,’ said Jonathan Wald…”