Speaking to his cohost, A.J.

Hawk, saying he was part of a group actively trying to sabotage us from within ESPN.

Williamson is ESPNs executive editor and head of event and studio production.

Stephen A Smith and Shannon Sharpe

Were very thankful for the ESPN folks for being very hospitable.

And then are we just gonna combat that from a rat every single time?

Somebody tried to get ahead of our actual ratings release with wrong numbers 12 hours beforehand.

Thats a sabotage attempt.

Theres a lot of those.

ESPN has not yet commented on McAfees remarks.

Combined, it marks a 35% year-over-year increase from the noon to 2 p.m. time slot in 2022.

McAfee claimed that negative leaks are a regular part of ESPN stories.

Theyre never like, Love the show.

Its always little things to tear us down.

So even with the enemy within our own camp, I dont like that guy, McAfee said.

That guy left me in his office for 45 minutes no-showed me in 2018.

I think were doing it right.

Were trying to do it as right as possible.

We have good intentions every single time we come in here.