1. One of the weirdest things in sports media at the moment, at least to me, is Sage Steele suing ESPN while still working at ESPN.
Steele filed a lawsuit against the network and its parent company, Disney, in April, alleging that she was punished for comments she made on Jay Cutler’s podcast, violating her First Amendment rights and her contract. (Steele told Cutler that ESPN’s vaccine mandate was “sick” and “scary.”)
Steele claims she was “sidelined” by ESPN after the appearance, and ESPN claims Steele wasn’t punished because she was still getting paid.
