Sage Steele leaves ESPN after settling her lawsuit over COVID-19 vaccine comments

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Victory! Sage Steele Wins Lawsuit Against ESPN

Do you hear that? That’s the sound of free speech winning. Sage Steele won her lawsuit against ESPN on Tuesday in which she alleged that her employer violated her First Amendment right. In 2021, she came under fire for saying that ESPN’s vaccine mandate - which was “get the jab or lose your job” - was unacceptable and disturbing. “I respect everyone’s decision (to get vaccinated), I really do, but to mandate it is sick and it’s scary to me in ma…

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Sage Steele Speaks With Megyn Kelly About Faith, Family, Leftist Double Standards at ESPN

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ESPN settles with former host Sage Steele over COVID vaccine comments: 'I have decided to leave so I can exercise my first amendment rights more freely'

She said that while she respected everyone's decision to get vaccinated, she believed a corporate mandate was “sick” and “scary to me in many ways.”

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Sage Steele leaves ESPN after settling lawsuit to exercise ‘first amendment rights more freely’

Sportscaster Sage Steele has left ESPN after settling a lawsuit so she can exercise her “first amendment rights more freely,” she says.

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An Inspiration': Longtime ESPN Host Sage Steele Quits Network to 'Exercise My First Amendment Rights More Freely'

Sage Steele is moving on from ESPN following a 16-year stint with the network after the two parties settled a lawsuit, she announced on social media Tuesday. Steele made comments in 2021 that roiled network executives. According to the now-former ESPN mainstay, she is moving on and seeking an opportunity that will let her express herself. “Life update. Having successfully settled my case with ESPN/Disney, I have decided to leave so I can exercis…

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ESPN anchor leaves over vaccine comments

(AP) - ESPN and host Sage Steele have settled a lawsuit she filed after being disciplined for comments she made about the company's policy requiring employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19. Steele posted on social media Tuesday that she is leaving the Bristol, Connecticut-based company, where she has worked since 2007. Lawmakers push to get rid of ‘E-Check’ in Northeast Ohio “Having successfully settled my case with ESPN/Disney, I h…