Sports Illustrated: ESPN and sports commentator Jason Whitlock have parted ways once more. After hiring Whitlock in August 2013 to be the founding editor for a still-yet-to-launch website on the intersection of race and sports, ESPN has bought out the remainder of Whitlock’s contract. This ends the second go-around for ESPN and Whitlock, who worked from ESPN from 2002 to 2006 as an ESPN.com writer and frequently opinionist on its studio shows. The buyout was quietly negotiated a couple of weeks ago.