How Sports Went Woke
Sports journalist Sage Steele recounts her journey from ESPN to independent broadcasting, describing how she rose through the ranks and the riveting transformation of the network and sports in general to a “woke” culture.
Appearing on The Rubin Report, with Dave Rubin, Steele, who proudly admits that her conservative upbringing and personal experiences shaped her political evolution, says ESPN’s conversion to wokeness and its shift toward political activism came at rapid pace following the election of Donald J. Trump.
Steele says she was punished and canceled for speaking out against vaccine mandates and shares her observations about the hypocrisy within social-justice movements, the network’s profit motive behind racial division and divisive narratives, and the impact of transgender athletes in women’s sports, revealing fears and challenges faced in addressing the issue, plus more.
