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Bruce Pearl stepped down as the Auburn Tigers men’s basketball head coach on Monday, and a longtime ESPN host appeared rather pleased about the news.
"Pardon the Interruption" host Michael Wilbon called Pearl a "divisive person" and hoped there was "pressure" to push him out of the program.
"He had become a divisive person, it seems to me, intentionally. And I hope there was pressure to just get him out," Wilbon said.
Pearl appeared on "The Will Cain Show" on Monday and offered a response to Wilbon, who he said he "loves," adding that a "dear friend" of Wilbon reached out and said Wilbon's sentiments were "probably political" and "not antisemitic."
"I was a regular on ‘Pardon the Interruption.’ And I love Tony and Mi