but that just means i m still in the fight. growing controversy over race shining a harsh light on espn. let s get the latest from cnn s. reporter: the biggest story of the nba finals is off the court and on tv as a candid and krin ji recording royals espn. the new york times revealing the tape of host rachel nickels who is white griping to a friend that the network gave a coveted job to a black reporter, maria taylor. i wish her all the success in the world. she covers, football, basketball but you need to give her more things to do because you re feeling pressure about your crappy, long-time record on diversity, which i myself like know personally from the female side of it, go for it. just find it somewhere else. you re not going to find it with me and taking my thing away. she thought she was speaking privately but her words were beamed back to espn through a camera set up for her live