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ESPN TO CUT BACK ON BARRY BONDS COVERAGE: Reporter covering slugger full time will scale back once Bonds hits No. 715.
*ESPN has decided to cut back on both its reality series starring Barry Bonds, and coverage of the San Francisco Giants slugger’s attempt to surpass Babe Ruth on the career home run chart.
Bonds is currently tied with the Yankee legend, having hit his 714th homer last Saturday in Oakland.
ESPN spokesman Josh Krulewitz said Tuesday that the network plans to pull reporter Pedro Gomez from his full-time job covering Bonds and move the journalist to other beats.
"After 715, Pedro won't follow him every day. That's not to say he'll never cover another Bonds game," Krulewitz said.
The network is also planning to temporarily shelve the weekly documentary series, “Bonds on Bonds.” The show has pulled a weekly rating of only 0.5 (percentage of homes with TV) since its debut last month. ESPN will remove it from the schedule after the Memorial Day episode.
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