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She welcomes comparisons to Candace OwensДuring the same interview where she disrespected the first Black president, Steele welcomed a comparison to Candace Owens, the same person who has sympathized with Nazi leader Adolf Hitler and blamed Ahmud Arbery for his own murder. As a point of fact, she was never suspended.Sadly, efforts like that to erase Blackness are nothing new for Steele, who has a real history of championing causes that hurt the plight of Black people.ДЄnd so it follows:В Here are all the receipts proving that Sage Steele is just as sunken as we thought she was.

Today, ESPN issued a statement to Deadline which reads, вЂњSage remains a valued contributor on some of ESPNвЂ™s highest profile content, including the recent Masters telecasts and anchoring our noon SportsCenter. вЂњIn a knee-jerk reaction, ESPN and Disney relied on the misleading characterizations of her comments, bowed to groupthink and forced Steele to publicly apologize and suspended her for a period of time in October 2021,вЂќ the suit also alleges, per NBC.

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SteeleвЂ™s lawsuit maintains ESPN has вЂњviolated Connecticut law and SteeleвЂ™s rights to free speech based upon a faulty understanding of her comments and a nonexistent, unenforced workplace policy that serves as nothing more than pretext,вЂќ according to the Wall Street Journal, which says the action seeks unspecified damages. вЂњWe are in the midst of an extremely challenging time that impacts all of us, and itвЂ™s more critical than ever that we communicate constructively and thoughtfully.вЂќ вЂњI know my recent comments caused controversy for the company, and I apologize,вЂќ she said in a statement relayed by ESPN. Steele at the time also acknowledged her role in the situation and apologized. We are having direct conversations with Sage and those conversations will remain private. That said, we expect that those different points of view be expressed respectfully, in a manner consistent with our values, and in line with our internal policies. The decision for her to be off for a week was said at the time to be related to her illness hand described as вЂњmutual.вЂќДЄs the news of her comments broke, ESPN issued the following statement to Deadline:ДЄt ESPN, we embrace different points of view вЂ“ dialogue and discussion makes this place great. Steele had also recently tested positive for Covid. After her comments, Steele took a week break from the show.Д®SPN declined to comment on why she stepped back when contacted at the time by Deadline. Steele co-anchors the mid-day edition of network flagship SportsCenter. вЂњI think thatвЂ™s fascinating considering his Black dad is nowhere to be found, but his white mom and grandma raised him, but OK. In addition to Covid, Steele also questioned the fact that Obama identifies as Black, given the circumstances of his upbringing.

Steele described ESPN/DisneyвЂ™s vaccine mandate as вЂњsick and scary.вЂќ (Disney was among the first large employers to decide to require workers to be vaccinated, a move that was later widely emulated across corporate America.) The comments in question came on onetime Chicago Bears quarterback Jay CutlerвЂ™s podcast.

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