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The Woj Pod

ESPN's Baxter Holmes on the Phoenix Suns

The Woj Pod

ESPN

Sports

4.6722 Ratings

🗓️ 4 November 2021

⏱️ 42 minutes

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ESPN Senior Writer Baxter Holmes joins The Woj Pod to discuss the reporting in his blockbuster story centered on Phoenix Suns owner Robert Sarver's behavior and the organization's culture throughout his 17 years of leadership.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey everyone, welcome into another edition of the WogePod.

0:09.9

I'm joined by ESPN senior writer Baxter Holmes, who today has published on ESPN.com

0:17.1

a significant story on the Phoenix Suns, their majority owner, Robert Sarver, and what is

0:25.8

detailed, according to Baxter's reporting over 70 interviews with current former

0:32.1

sons employees, the painting of a disturbing picture of conduct by the owner, by those in senior

0:42.1

management, that includes allegations of racism, racist language, inappropriate, and

0:49.4

misogynistic language, and a culture of fear and intimidation.

0:56.2

Baxter, good to have you here with me today as this story publishes.

1:01.7

Take the readers through.

1:03.2

They can see the story.

1:05.0

It's been up on ESPN.com, but take us through really, I think, you know, the key elements of your reporting in what was

1:14.2

obviously a very involved, detailed probe into Robert Sarver and his 17-year run as the son's owner.

1:24.4

Thank you. Well, first of all, thanks for having me, Woge. I appreciate it. You touched

1:29.3

on something there that I think is important to kind of start with, and that's a 17 years, a 17-year

1:36.7

run. And I would note off the top in talking to staffers from the entire period of those 17 years,

1:47.7

that the stories that they would share about the kind of things that they would see,

1:50.8

the nature of, and you touched on them there on the nature of some of these allegations,

1:55.8

you know, touching on racism, touching on massagogyny,

1:58.6

touching on a hostile workplace led by fear, led by intimidation,

2:03.8

retaliation, things of this nature. It was, you know, people from throughout the entire

2:10.4

organization at virtually every level that you can imagine, as you mentioned, 70 interviews,

2:16.5

or interviews with 70 current and former

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