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ESPN cuts pay during COVID, inks Pat McAfee for $85M, vax jokes with Aaron RodgersDancing with the devil is a personal choice. But when the heat from that tango singes others, it becomes a problem. Some ESPN employees have to be burning mad over how they lost money due to pay cuts during the COVID-19 pandemic, all for the worldwide leader to spend almost $100 million for Pat McAf...

Will Sage Steele benefit from leaving ESPN? | Agree to Disagree

Sage Steele and Michele Tafoya: A match made in delusionSo how does one become an official member of the “Coalition of Courage,” Michele Tafoya? Is there a fee? Do you hold meetings? Is there a secret intake process that has been passed down through the decades? Or does one simply have to take a decorated career in an industry that becomes more difficult...

Sage Steele paved the way for her own demise at ESPN

Typically when a longtime SportsCenter anchor decamps, it’s a solemn affair. Just two months ago, ESPN’s Neil Everett’s departure left his colleagues saddened. ESPN vets like Marty Smith, Scott Van Pelt and Stan Verrett were among the talent who publicly sang Everett’s praises....

Sage Steele’s beef with ESPN is legit, but you can’t play the victim after being the villain

Despite how she may identify, Sage Steele is a Black woman. That needs to be addressed because, within the sports media landscape, you’d be hard-pressed to find many, or even a few, women — especially Black ones — and Black people who’ll advocate for her. What also needs to be addressed is that Stee...

IDIOT OF THE YEAR #1: Jon Gruden, the face of a rotten NFL

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IDIOT OF THE YEAR #2: Aaron Rodgers, ‘immunized’ from absolutely nothing

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IDIOT OF THE YEAR #3: Trevor Bauer, goon

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