Cristina Daglas, a top editor for ESPN’s website, has been on administrative leave from the company since late January after several employees filed human resources complaints, sources told Front Office Sports.
The specific nature of the complaints was not immediately available.
Daglas and a spokesperson for ESPN both declined to comment.
Daglas joined the company as a senior editor at ESPN the Magazine in 2014. She had a rapid rise through the ranks, becoming ESPN’s first female MLB deputy editor in 2016 then moving to that role with the NBA in 2017.
She was promoted to the role of executive editor, overseeing all of ESPN.com, in 2021. The job carries a lot of responsibility. ESPN’s website is regularly the most-visited sports page in the United States, drawing tens of millions of unique visitors per month.
Prior to ESPN, Daglas was an editor at D Magazine in Dallas and Milwaukee Magazine.
She lists a role as an adjunct journalism instructor at USC on her LinkedIn, and Cal State Fullerton announced her as a journalism instructor in November. Neither university immediately replied to a request for comment.
