ESPN taps The Athletic’s Sergio Gonzalez to oversee digital coverage

For the second time in a week, ESPN has gone outside Bristol to fill a senior newsroom job, this time raiding The Athletic’s editorial leadership. According to Ryan Glasspiegel of Front Office Sports , ESPN has hired Sergio Gonzalez from The Athletic as its vice president of digital editorial. An ESPN spokesperson confirmed to FOS that Gonzalez will oversee editorial operations across ESPN.com and the company’s social platforms, including the newsbreakers and reporters who power its digital coverage. He will report directly to Mike Foss and will begin later this month.