Did ESPN Double Darren Rovell's Salary?
It's Darren Rovell's first day back at ESPN, and he started it with an Twitter interview with Those Guys Have All The Fun author Jim Miller.
In their back-and-forth, Miller said he heard that ESPN doubled Rovell's salary at CNBC. Rovell didn't exactly deny it:
And for those of who subscribed to the (hopeful) theory that it was Twitter that made Rovell a little manic, he had this to say:
The entire interview is down below. Rovell is often one step away from the "I'll just take it one day at a time" boilerplate that you'd hear from the athletes he covers:
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