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    For those of us who subscribe to The Athletic, Shannon Russell, who we all know goes a great job covering Xavier Basketball, posted on Facebook that she痴 been laid off. Apparently, they cut 8% of their staff and those remaining will be getting pay cuts. She was the only reason I paid for that subscription. Guess I値l be canceling that.


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    Quote Originally Posted by bjf123 View Post
    For those of us who subscribe to The Athletic, Shannon Russell, who we all know goes a great job covering Xavier Basketball, posted on Facebook that she痴 been laid off. Apparently, they cut 8% of their staff and those remaining will be getting pay cuts. She was the only reason I paid for that subscription. Guess I値l be canceling that.


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    Now I feel bad that I never signed up. I heard often that it was well worth it. There must be some good news out there.........somewhere.

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    I paid for a year and with no sports did not sign up this summer but sports media is getting crushed. Very good articles by her and I get so mad thinking of things we are losing in this country that I love that were just enjoyable and not metric driven.

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    Well that is a bummer. I like her a lot. She can’t catch a break. I just subscribed a month ago. But I do have the a Colts and Pacers on the Athltic too. Wonder who will write articles for X?

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    Thinking maybe X should hire her to write content for them.

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    Anyone who is canceling know if they prorate the payment across the year or is it a one time payment we are stuck losing ?

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    Well, that's a real bummer. Have enjoyed her stuff and was so glad she found a spot, until now.
    Hopefully she'll land somewhere good for her.
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    That's too bad. Part of the reason I subscribe was to read her stuff. If they laid her off and kept Bowden I may cancel.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Olsingledigit View Post
    Well that is a bummer. I like her a lot. She can’t catch a break. I just subscribed a month ago. But I do have the a Colts and Pacers on the Athltic too. Wonder who will write articles for X?
    I wonder if maybe they will bring her back wants sports get going again?

    Or maybe they will combine the UC and XU wittier? But that may seem hard to do if he’s has to cover both b-ball teams and football overlaps some as well.
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