Former Times sports writer Simon Barnes joins ESPN
The journalist whose wages the The Times could no longer afford to afford to pay, Simon Barnes, is joining ESPN as a columnist and writer.
The announcement:
Award-winning sports journalist Simon Barnes is joining ESPN as a multi-sport columnist and writer.
Today, Barnes’ piece examining the context of British sports on the day of the Scottish independence referendum can be read here: www.espn.co.uk/simonbarnes