Keith Olbermann, who was fired from his last broadcasting job at Current TV, is interested in going back to work for ESPN, the New York Times reported Sunday:
Olbermann’s expressions of interest included dinner at New York’s Four Seasons Restaurant with John Skipper, ESPN’s president.
“Keith Olbermann, both personally and through a couple people I know, reached out to say, ‘Gee, I would love to have dinner,’ ” Skipper said. “I agreed to dinner with Keith because I assumed he’d be provocative and witty and fun to have dinner with, and he was indeed lots of fun. We talked sports and politics, and we had a nice chat. He is very interesting.
“Clearly he was looking to see if there was an entry point to come back.”
Olbermann — who remains passionate about sports, especially baseball — worked for ESPN for several years in the 1990s.
