J.A. Adande has confirmed to The Big Lead that he and ESPN are mutually parting ways. Adande, who last year became Director of Sports Journalism and an associate professor at Northwestern University’s ...

Of the many people who have left ESPN in the last year, reporter and columnist J.A. Adande may be in the most unique situation. After a decade working for ESPN as an NBA reporter, writer, and Around ...

J.A. Adande is leaving ESPN after a decade to devote himself fully to the position at Northwestern University he took on a year ago. Adande had continued to work on a contract basis for ESPN’s ...

ESPN and Northwestern University have remained silent after J.A. Adande, a professor at the school’s Medill School of Journalism, compared ongoing human rights abuses committed by China to election ...

J.A. Adande built one of the most impressive careers in sports media and then left his full-time job at ESPN to do something different. In 2017, he returned to his alma mater to become the director of ...

J.A. Adande came to Northwestern University in 1989 as an undergraduate student for its proximity to a big city, collegiate-looking campus and the best journalism education in the country. “I wanted ...

J.A. Adande returned to the Super Bowl last weekend for the first time since 2007. But unlike like his days as a columnist for the Los Angeles Times, he wasn’t there to cover the game. Adande was in ...

Legendary Los Angeles native and columnist J.A. Adande joins Vincent Goodwill for a conversation about the relationship between NBA players and referees, the surprisingly fun in-season tournament and ...

J.A. Adande will be leaving ESPN after 10 years to focus on his job as the Director of Sports Journalism at Northwestern, according to Ryan Glasspiegel of USA Today. Adande has been a regular on ...