Connor Schell, ESPN’s Top Content Executive, to Depart by Year’s End
Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorConnor Schell, the ESPN executive who oversees all of its content, ranging from “Monday Night Football” to “SportsCenter” to the documentary program “30 For 30,” will leave the sports-media giant by the end of the year, according to a person familiar with the matter.The split is said to be related to Schell’s desire to pursue other ventures, this person said. In recent years, he has helped ESPN dive more deeply into ambitious miniseries, including the award-winning “O.J.: Made in America” and the recent showing of “The Last Dance,” the documentary project about Michael Jordan and the 1990s Chicago Bulls.