Nicole Noren: “I’m not going to have blood on my hands.”

posted Oct 14, 2026, 11:36 AM

I’m not going to work for a gambling company and have blood on my hands.
Nicole Noren, a longtime ESPN producer, who has quit in protest at the sports broadcaster's move into gambling. "My grandfather, my father, and one of my brothers were pretty much destroyed by sports gambling addiction," she said. As the old saying goes, you don't truly have values until they are tested.

Nicole Noren: “I’m not going to have blood on my hands.”cjr.orgWhy Nicole Noren, a decorated ESPN producer, quit in protest.