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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Robert_Lee_(sports_announcer)Robert Lee (sports announcer) - Wikipedia

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   As well as calling men's basketball for Siena's Men's Basketball team, Lee also is an announcer for Time Warner and ESPN. Lee started announcing football and basketball games for Time Warner in 2003 and for ESPN in 2016. In his time at ESPN, Lee has called games online for ESPN 3 or on national television for ESPNU.

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   Aug 23, 2017 · The living Robert Lee, an ESPN broadcaster, was pulled from calling the University of Virginia home opener against William and Mary on Sept. 2 because he shares a name with the Confederate...

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   Who is ESPN announcer Robert Lee?

   • The network announced late Tuesday that the announcer, Robert Lee, a part-time employee who calls about a dozen college football and basketball games a year for ESPN, would no longer participate in the broadcast of the Sept. 2 game in Charlottesville, Va., which became the center of violent clashes this month during a white supremacist gathering.

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   Who is Robert Lee?

   • Robert Lee is an American sportscaster for ESPN. From 1995 to 1999, Lee attended Syracuse University. He received his B.S. in Broadcast Journalism from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. Lee was formally the Assistant Sports Information Director for Siena College.

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   Why was Robert Lee moved to a different game?

   • Lee, an Asian-American sportscaster who started with the network in 2016, was moved to a different game "simply because of the coincidence of his name," ESPN said, referencing the Confederate general Robert E. Lee.

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   Why did ESPN fire Robert Lee?

   • ESPN did not 'fire' sportscaster Robert Lee because his name offends liberals, but they did opt to reassign him from calling a U Va. game after three deaths occurred during protests in Charlottesville.

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4. www.nytimes.com › 2017/08/23 › businessESPN Pulls Announcer Robert Lee From Virginia Game Because of ...

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   Aug 23, 2017 · The network announced late Tuesday that the announcer, Robert Lee, a part-time employee who calls about a dozen college football and basketball games a year for ESPN, would no longer...

5. tvline.com › news › espn-removes-robert-lee-asianESPN Removes Robert Lee, Asian Announcer, From Calling ...

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   Aug 23, 2017 · Asian sports announcer Robert Lee — not to be confused with Confederate General Robert E. Lee, who died in 1870 — will no longer call the University of Virginia’s first college football game of...

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7. www.foxnews.com › entertainment › espns-decision-toESPN's decision to pull announcer Robert Lee from game sparks ...

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   Aug 23, 2017 · ESPN's decision to remove broadcaster Robert Lee from the University of Virginia's football season opener because he has the same name as Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee backfired. The...

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8. apnews.com › article › f5723fd1e7e84e579c847fd7b7538b6eESPN broadcaster Robert Lee taken off UVA game due to name

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   Aug 23, 2017 · BRISTOL, Conn. (AP) — ESPN broadcaster Robert Lee will not work Virginia’s season opener because of recent violence in Charlottesville sparked by the decision to remove a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. A spokeswoman for ESPN says Lee has been moved to Youngstown State’s game at Pittsburgh on the ACC Network on Sept. 2.

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10. www.huffpost.com › entry › espn-pulls-broadcasterESPN Pulls Broadcaster Named Robert Lee From Virginia Game

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    Aug 23, 2017 · ESPN confirmed Tuesday it removed Asian-American announcer Robert Lee from a college football game in Charlottesville, Virginia, because he shares a name with Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee. It was a Charlottesville rally to preserve a statue of Lee that touched off violent protests involving white supremacists earlier this month.