close Colin Cowherd REVEALS Why He Leaves Politics Out Of Sports, ESPN Can Learn Colin Cowherd reveals why he's one of the only main sports personalities where no one knows where he leans politically, and explains why ESPN mixing politics with sports was losing their fanbase. When Colin Cowherd left ESPN for Fox Sports and iHeartRadio in 2015, there was an expectation that he would delve more deeply into politics. At the time, ESPN had mostly avoided political discourse on air. Instead, the