Ex-ESPN anchor Sage Steele says her former employer told her to stop talking about trans collegiate swimmer Lia Thomas dominating women’s swimming — a request she disobeyed.
Steele, speaking to top NCAA swimmer-turned-advocate Riley Gaines, said that sticking up for female athletes, such as Gaines, was a “hill” she was willing to “die on.”
“I was asked to stop tweeting about it. I was asked to stop doing anything, saying anything about it on social media because I was ‘offending’ others at the company,” Steele recalled. “I made sure I sent off another tweet that night after I received that email. Because, no, let’s stop living in this lie.”
Steele noted that ESPN allowed other public figures at the company to speak about other issues, seemingly political issues, that had nothing to do with sports, while she was asked to stop speaking.
“I’m like, no, no, no,…
