--- title: ESPN's Jemele Hill Is Leaving SportsCenter description: ESPN's Jemele Hill is leaving her host job at SportsCenter to become a writer at the Undefeated. 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Updated: Dec 12, 2023 10:32 PM UTCPublished: Jan 27, 2018 2:31 PM UTC Jemele Hill denied that she was demoted after [ESPN announced](http://espnmediazone.com/us/press-releases/2018/01/jemele-hill-getting-new-espn-duties-michael-smith-continuing-sportscenter-host/) she was leaving her _SportsCenter_ host gig to become a writer for _the Undefeated._ Hill addressed the rumors in a statement posted on Twitter, stressing that it was her decision to leave the show. “While I am amused by the rumors that I was demoted, kicked off the 6pm SportsCenter or whatever else can be conjured, the truth is pretty simple and not nearly as dramatic,” Hill said. > [](https://twitter.com/jemelehill/status/957002297489477633) Hill, who will also provide on-air commentary for several ESPN programs, will be a chief correspondent and senior columnist for _the Undefeated_, ESPN’s platform devoted to race, culture and sport, according to the network. Hill’s _SC6 with Michael and Jemele_ cohost Michael Smith will stay in his current role. “I started at ESPN 11 years ago as a columnist and while I have worn many hats in the time since, my true love always has been writing, reporting and commentary,” Jemele Hill said in the statement. “While I have grown in every way imaginable this last year on the 6 p.m. _SportsCenter_, deep down I knew it wasn’t my calling.” Hill leaving ESPN comes a few months after she was [suspended for her tweets about NFL protests](http://fortune.com/2017/10/10/jemele-hill-suspended/), a decision that sparked outrage among many in the media and on Twitter. > [](https://twitter.com/ESPNPR/status/917469637033512960) A month before that, Hill [called President Donald Trump a white supremacist on Twitter](http://time.com/4940156/espn-jemelle-hill-white-house-donald-trump/), which the White House deemed a “fireable offense.” > [](https://twitter.com/jemelehill/status/907391978194849793) Jemele Hill’s last _SportsCenter_ broadcast will be Friday, Feb. 2. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5121552/jemele-hill-leaving-sportscenter/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5121552/jemele-hill-leaving-sportscenter/"},"headline":"ESPN's Jemele Hill Shuts Down Rumors She Was Demoted From SportsCenter","datePublished":"2018-01-27T14:31:33.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-12T22:32:59.000Z","description":"She'll become a writer at the Undefeated","url":"https://time.com/5121552/jemele-hill-leaving-sportscenter/","keywords":["Television","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt71ce00a8c5ade76a/6988f9b20a4a22cd519d18b9/jemele-hill.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jamie Ducharme","jobTitle":"Ducharme is a contributor to TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/jamie-ducharme/"}],"articleSection":"Sports","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt71ce00a8c5ade76a/6988f9b20a4a22cd519d18b9/jemele-hill.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"2017 BET Experience - Slam Dunk Contest","caption":"2017 BET Experience - Slam Dunk Contest","creditText":"Leon Bennett—Getty Images for BET","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/sports/","name":"Sports"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/television/","name":"Television"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5121552/jemele-hill-leaving-sportscenter/","name":"ESPN's Jemele Hill Shuts Down Rumors She Was Demoted From SportsCenter"}}]}] ```