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Veteran sports anchor Sage Steele filed a lawsuit against ESPN for retaliation last week, alleging that the network suspended her after she shared her opinions on a podcast, a violation of her constitutional right to free speech.
Steele’s opinions were shared on former NFL quarterback Jay Cutler’s podcast last fall, where Steele called ESPN’s vaccine mandate for employees “sick” and “scary.” Steele also made comments about former President Barack Obama, who has a white mother and a Black father. She questioned why Obama identifies as Black when his father was “nowhere to be found.”
