ESPN killed something else with its layoffs, its best hope to reach millennials: TrueHoop podcasts

"Stop hitting yourself... Stop hitting yourself..." 
That's the sound of ESPN bullying itself into irrelevance as we've now learned that the self-described "worldwide leader in sports" has killed the best thing to come out of its Bristol, Connecticut headquarters in recent years: the TrueHoop network of podcasts. 
The news that the podcasts will shut down comes along with the massive layoffs announced earlier this week.  
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