Shocking news is coming out of Los Angeles today.







On Monday, in an open letter to all employees, FOX Sports Chief Operating Officer and Executive Producer Eric Shanks announced that Jamie Horowitz, president of national networks for Fox Sports, "will be leaving ... effective immediately."



Here is what Fox Sports COO and exec producer Eric Shanks just sent his staff: pic.twitter.com/kMmDylPSsY — Richard Deitsch (@richarddeitsch) July 3, 2017

The reasoning wasn't immediately made clear by Fox Sports, but according to the LA Times, we now have more info.





And it's not good.

Fox Sports national president Jamie Horowitz fired amid sexual harassment probe https://t.co/dWGw2wNur8 — Los Angeles Times (@latimes) July 3, 2017

According to the report, Horowitz’s dismissal comes a little under a week after Fox opened an investigation on sexual harassment in the workplace.





An absolute horrible look here for Horowitz, who cleaned house last week and laid off countless writers and editors.





Many have gone to Twitter to voice their displeasure with him.

I got fired from Fox. It was beyond horrible & wrecked me. I'm not gonna pile on Horowitz . I just hope Fox brings back the people he fired. — Jimmy Traina (@JimmyTraina) July 3, 2017

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Actually, I'm taking back this tweet. From what I'm hearing, it's totally OK to dance on the grave. This story is just starting, I think. https://t.co/e3IXWFMprs — Jimmy Traina (@JimmyTraina) July 3, 2017

Nonetheless, it looks like FOX Sports made the right move here. We'll see what other shocking details emerge from this

