Troy Taylor is going after the Worldwide Leader following his Stanford ouster. The former head coach of the Cardinal football team has filed a lawsuit against ESPN and reporter Xuan Thai, alleging that he was defamed in a story that preceded his firing in March by Stanford general manager Andrew Luck.

Taylor's issue in filing the complaint against ESPN isn't with Stanford. Taylor's overriding concern is how media outlets across the country used ESPN's reporting to label him as bullying and belittling women, which he said is a smear on his reputation.

Taylor was dismissed by Stanford GM Andrew Luck in March, shortly after an ESPN report implied that the coach ‘bullied’ female staffers.