CNN Columnist Defends ESPN’s Decision to Pull Robert Lee from Broadcasting Virginia Football Game
The little-known Chinese-American sports play-by-play broadcaster was pulled from announcing the University of Virginia football home opener by ESPN because his first names ("Robert" and "Lee") are the same as the Confederate general's. The author says it's "unreasonable, ignorant and downright ridiculous to associate his name in any way with the Confederate general" but still thinks it was a good idea to pull him from the game: "Still," she says, "nothing we've witnessed in Charlottesville, or since, has been reasonable or intelligent."