Nicole Noren
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Oct 22, 2026
Julie FoudyHOST
Yes.
Julie FoudyHOST
And I go back to that fantastic article in Columbia Journalism Review, and it's about why one of ESPN's outside the lines, most respective investigative reporters, Nicole Noren, who's actually a friend, left ESPN.
Julie FoudyHOST
And I just wanted to read a little bit of it because it is fascinating because it talks about in this article for years, and I quote this quote, for years, ESPN wanted nothing to do with sports gambling, right? Right.
Julie FoudyHOST
And then that stance had softened a bit as of 2018 when the Supreme Court struck down that federal ban on bookmaking, which we were talking about.
Julie FoudyHOST
So the article goes on to explain that it came as a shock to many people, including that ESPN producer, Nicole Noren, when ESPN licensed its name to a gambling app in 2023.
Julie FoudyHOST
Right.
Julie FoudyHOST
So they're promoting gambling through ESPN bet at the time, virtually through every opportunity.
Julie FoudyHOST
And they're doing this.
Rachel MithelmanNARRATOR
Sports network could be gambling with its credibility.
Rachel MithelmanNARRATOR
Nicole Noren spent 24 years at ESPN, much of that time producing award-winning investigative journalism on difficult topics, including human trafficking, sexual abuse, and concussions.
Rachel MithelmanNARRATOR
But as ESPN embraced sports betting, Norrin, in an interview with Columbia Journalism Review, says the network repeatedly rejected her proposals to investigate gambling companies and addiction.
Rachel MithelmanNARRATOR
The issue was personal.
Joseph CarlsonHOST
And the reason that I'm highlighting ESPN as a fail of the week is because of this story and the broader story playing out here.
Joseph CarlsonHOST
This is about someone named Nicole Noren, a decorated ESPN producer who just quit working at ESPN.
Joseph CarlsonHOST
Now, I don't know her work at all, but apparently she's won some awards reporting at ESPN.
Joseph CarlsonHOST
She does a good job.
David PlotzHOST
What's your chatter?
Emily BazelonHOST
I was impressed this week with an interview that Nicole Noren did in the Columbia Journalism Review.
Emily BazelonHOST
Nicole Noren, someone I had never heard of in my life, was an ESPN producer who quit a couple of years ago over ESPN's partnership with DraftKings over sports gambling, which had, as she talks very movingly about, sports gambling had really ruined the lives of men in her family.
Emily BazelonHOST
She'd seen all the damage it could do.
Emily BazelonHOST
And she just was horrified that ESPN was getting in on sports gambling.
David PlotzHOST
Eva, what's your chatter?
Emily BazelonHOST
I was impressed this week with an interview that Nicole Noren did in the Columbia Journalism Review.
Emily BazelonHOST
Nicole Noren, someone I'd never heard of in my life, was an ESPN producer who quit a couple of years ago over ESPN's partnership with DraftKings over sports gambling, which had, as she talks very movingly about, sports gambling had really ruined the lives of men in her family.
Emily BazelonHOST
She'd seen all the damage it could do.
Emily BazelonHOST
And she just was horrified that ESPN was getting in on sports gambling.
AbeHOST
Yeah, so this is not a well-known person.
AbeHOST
Nicole Noren, so it's not a public face, but she's like a producer.
AbeHOST
She'd won some awards, Peabody and whatnot.
AbeHOST
But anyways, she alleges that she has made some pitches examining gambling and the negative impacts that it has.
Moon GriffonHOST
Forget everything I said.
Moon GriffonHOST
Nicole Noren, former ESPN producer, 24 years, explained that she knew she was out when the worldwide leader entered, you ready, the gambling space in 2023.
Moon GriffonHOST
See, this is just recently over the last three or four years.
Moon GriffonHOST
It dominates everything.
Josh MercerHOST
And I also want to give a shout out.
Josh MercerHOST
to this woman named Nicole Noren.
Josh MercerHOST
She's been a producer at ESPN for like 16 years or so.
Josh MercerHOST
And she's just quit.
Steve ScaffidiHOST
So
Kristin BreyHOST
one of mine, the reason I reason we're talking about this is so Nicole Noren, who was a decorated ESPN producer, quit in protest at ESPN as they started to embrace violence.
Kristin BreyHOST
sports gambling more.
Kristin BreyHOST
So I guess I didn't realize that they tried to make their own app at one point that just failed miserably.