Overview
- Kent Babb, Kareem Copeland, Chuck Culpepper, Robert Klemko, Tom Schad and Ben Strauss are joining ESPN’s Investigative, Enterprise and Digital Journalism Unit.
- ESPN assigned defined roles: Copeland will be Midwest‑based on women’s college basketball and the WNBA, Klemko will focus on sports‑related crime and scandals, and Strauss will cover sports business, while Babb, Culpepper and Schad will handle wide‑ranging enterprise work.
- Their reporting will appear across ESPN platforms over the coming weeks, including ESPN.com, the ESPN app, SportsCenter, podcasts and other programming.
- The hires follow the Post’s early‑February layoffs that cut more than 300 jobs and eliminated its sports section as part of a company restructuring.
- Other outlets have absorbed former Post sports talent as well, with The Athletic hiring six alumni and the Baltimore Banner expanding into D.C. sports coverage.