Yes, they are.
I don't care much for their show, but they're one of the few people actually bringing personality to ESPN instead of just reading highlights all day on SportsCenter.
SAS too, like him or not.
ESPN layoffs have begun
- Thread starter cli-terminator
- Start date
I don't care much for their show, but they're one of the few people actually bringing personality to ESPN instead of just reading highlights all day on SportsCenter.
SAS too, like him or not.
Damn and they did it by phone. Couldn't look them in the face when they fired them
Firing people is a brutal art
That radio segment fucking sucks. I change the radio every week it comes on. Bye, Felecia.
I don't disagree, but they are going for the sports/pop culture market. From what I've been told, don't be surprised if some local affiliates drop them for other "true sports" networks and local programming.
Can believe they fired my baby Jaymee Sire!!
Yep, and besides, if you're going to embrace technology, we've gotta embrace ALL of it. That includes text messaging.Firing people is a brutal art
Glad they got spared.
Her weaves gotta go. She need a natural look.
Seems like they shed a lot of dead weight.
Makes me realize just how massive this company is.
They got cats drawing a check and doing minimal work on some Milton from Office Space shit.
Golic's son isn't going anywhere for obvious reasons.
Michelle Beadle is one that needs to go. Can't stand her.
Makes me realize just how massive this company is.
They got cats drawing a check and doing minimal work on some Milton from Office Space shit.
Golic's son isn't going anywhere for obvious reasons.
Michelle Beadle is one that needs to go. Can't stand her.
ESPN is a dissaster. Too much of it is forced. They've lost sight of the number one thing which is the product itself. You can't even turn to any of their channels and find sports center at night. And what they call sports center is a shell of itself. It looks like a bad late night talk show. Bob Ley is one of the few OGs left that gets props from me.
As others have stated, I'm good with the NFL, MLB, and NBA networks. More genuine and engaging personalities on those networks as well.
As others have stated, I'm good with the NFL, MLB, and NBA networks. More genuine and engaging personalities on those networks as well.
Last edited:
Complete bullshit you get rid of Ed Weirder and Jason Stark bur keep that screaming ass coon around at 3.5 million a year.
Fuck this network!! 
This is truth.......I hate what they did to both sportcenter the 6pm one and the one with SVP. Let the sports news be the star don't try and in comedy skits and shit into it.
It was cool Charles Barkley mentioned this on the halftime show of the Hawks-Wizards game. I know, fuck Charles too. But it was still cool he wished everyone who got laid off the best of luck.
Complete bullshit you get rid of Ed Weirder and Jason Stark bur keep that screaming ass coon around at 3.5 million a year.
He does just what he supposed to for the network.......as much as we on BGOL say we hate we dam sure fill up threads with his name in the title. Thats what they want controversy and he provides just enough of it. He even replaced Ryan and Danny for National hour 1-3
They should have got rid of that fuckin whiny bitch Mike Greenberg. Hate that pussy with all my heart and soul.
I just need NFL Network to blow up Good Morning Football and start showing replays of regular season games in the morning.... Except during Draft Season, Free Agency, Minicamps, Preseason, and Regular Season... Other then that... Show classic games.
I dont need to see Hyper active White people with makeup dancing around. How the fuck you going to have a football show with only one former player and a bunch of Fantasy league folks. 1 Former player... At least put a former GM on there or an Insider.
Ughhh... I fucking can't stand that show. It makes my gawd damn ears bleed.
Mike & Mike gets good ratings... but ESPN is about to fuck up again and Take Mike Greenberg off the show and give him a talk show on ESPN.
This is happening. It's confirmed. Mike & Mike is ending this year and I'm pissed off about it.
Yeah it's happening.
And this is what it might be.... Brace yourself..
ESPN to give polarizing Sage Steele morning role, perhaps with Mike Greenberg
SPORT
April 17, 2017 7:35am EDTApril 17, 2017 7:32am EDTSage Steele is about to return to Bristol, potentially in a big way, after being bumped from her NBA pregame show assignment.
Sage Steele(Getty Images)
Michael McCarthy
Published on Apr. 17, 2017
ESPN's Sage Steele recently lost her "NBA Countdown" hosting gig to "SportsNation" host Michelle Beadle, a move that was applauded on social media. Now the network might have a big new job for Steele that would make up for her demotion from that show.
ESPN is poised to announce the "SportsCenter on the Road" host is returning to Bristol in a morning anchor role, sources tell Sporting News.
Steele could join Mike Greenberg on his new solo morning show that will air on ESPN, said sources.
The new "Greeny & Friends"-type show will be shot in New York. If ESPN is willing to break up the 17-year partnership between Greenberg and Golic, you better believe the Worldwide Leader in Sports going to throw massive marketing support behind Greenberg's new program.
Previously, ESPN tried to recruit Fox Sports 1 rising star Katie Nolan to work with Greenberg, with ESPN president John Skipper himself personally wooing Nolan.
Steele also could slide into a morning "SportsCenter" anchor slot on whatever programming replaces the current "Mike & Mike in the Morning" on ESPN2. "Mike & Mike" will likely morph into a radio-only show with Trey Wingo teaming up with Golic in place of Greenberg.
Regardless of what Steele winds up doing, she could use some good PR right now.
ESPN announced shortly before the start of the NBA playoffs that it was naming Beadle the "full-time" ABC and ESPN "Countdown" host. The move embarassed the 10-year ESPN veteran and caused a firestorm on social media.
Steele detractors who don't like her conservative comments on social media celebrated her benching in favor of Beadle, who only joined "Countdown" as a part-time host this season. Steele's critics trolled her with tweets like this:
Previously, the biracial Steele took heat for saying the "worst racism" she recieves comes from black people. She ripped Buccaneers wide receiver Mike Evans on Instagram for sitting during the playing of the U.S. national anthem.
She cut off an interview with Arcade Fire lead singer Win Butler at the NBA Celebrity All-Star Game when he started lecturing viewers about the U.S. presidential election. "We're talking about celebrity stuff, not politics" Steele said.
Steele drew criticism from ESPN colleague Dan Le Batard when she took to Instagram to complain about about missing her flight in Los Angeles due to crowds protesting President Donald Trump's executive orders on immigration.
The Daily Beast derided her as the "Stacey Dash of Sports Media" and said she has "become a right-wing favorite for what critics call her All Lives Matter-like stances."
The Internet furor over Steele vs. Beadle became so great that Skipper took the unusual step of issuing a public statement defending Steele.
“Sage definitively has a bright and long-term future at ESPN and my complete support,” Skipper declared.
Conversely, conservative media outlets such as Breitbart have rallied around Steele.
They say her demotion from "Countdown" proves a politically correct ESPN rewards liberal-leaning voices like Beadle while punishing conservatives such as Steele and the fired Curt Schilling.
"Pro-American, Non-PC ESPN Host Sage Steele Removed from NBA Countdown Show in Favor of Michelle Beadle," blared the headline at Breitbart.
Jason Whitlock, co-host of FS1's "Speak for Yourself," also spoke up for Steele in an interview with Sporting News last week.
"Twitter punishes any black person who doesn’t spew far-left progressive dogma. Sage Steele is proud of her mixed-race heritage and she refuses to abandon her white or black heritage," Whitlock said. "There’s a price for that via social media. It’s a warning to all black people that you’re only supposed to address your problems one way. No other ethnic group’s point of view is policed in this fashion. It’s unhealthy and unwise."
Bottom line: ESPN has a lot invested in Steele. She signed a long-term contract and she's represented by the powerful talent agency CAA, which also represents Greenberg. ESPN author James Andrew Miller told Richard Deitsch of Sports Illustrated she was one of the lucky anchors who saw her salary go up exponentially in recent years.
http://www.sportingnews.com/other-s...beadle-social-media/1yfva5moh8y31a0ms6fx4jai5
Last edited:
ESPN’s Mike Greenberg has one big regret about impending ‘Mike & Mike’ breakup
By Cindy Boren April 3
according to SI’s Richard Deitsch, a big presence in the revamped broadcast lineup, with a morning show that will run from 7-10 a.m. and is part of his new $6.5-million-per-year contract.
Greenberg denied, in a fashion, that plans for a new show have progressed. “I’ve seen a lot of the stuff that’s been written about it. The truth is, it’s all true,” he told the Sporting News. “It’s all true that that is exactly what we’re talking about. We’re talking about the possibility of breaking Mike and me up after all these years.
“But as I’ve said to many people, and I know a lot of people don’t believe me, it’s premature. There’s a million decisions that have to be made yet. I have to make a bunch of them, Mike has to make a bunch of them and the company has to make a bunch of them.”
Something clearly has been afoot with the show for a while. Almost two years ago, ESPN announced that “Mike & Mike” would move from the network’s Bristol, Conn., headquarters to New York’s Times Square in February 2016. Not long afterward, the network abandoned the plan. “After carefully considering and working through all aspects of a potential move, we have decided that the show will remain in Bristol for now,” it said in a statement in June 2015. “This opportunity with ‘Mike & Mike’ remains worthy of strong consideration for continued growth of one of our most successful franchises. As part of our overall strategy, we remain committed to integrating content across ‘Mike & Mike,’ ‘Good Morning America’ and the new 7-9 a.m. live ‘SportsCenter,’ which will debut in February.”
The possibility of change led Greenberg to talk about his one regret in all this.
“If indeed the sum total of this is we split up ‘Mike & Mike,’ which is a very real possibility,” he told SN’s Michael McCarthy, “I would like for our loyal listeners, the ones who’ve been with us for a long time, to have first heard about that from us. Obviously, that’s not a possibility anymore.”
Although it isn’t clear exactly what Golic will do, he seems fine with the breakup and hinted that the morning radio show might become “Somebody Else or Perhaps Another Mike & Mike.”
“I certainly enjoyed the 18 years with Greeny,” he told the Sporting News. “If we move on from that, I’ll enjoy it if I do it with someone else next.”
They are more chill about the impending cuts that could hit as many as 40-50 people, Jim Miller, co-author with Tom Shales of the definitive book on the network. He outlined what the impending schedule may look like in a podcast with Deitsch.
6 a.m. — Re-airing of Neil Everett and Stan Verrett’s “SportsCenter”
7-10 a.m. — Greenberg’s show
10 a.m.-noon — “First Take,” which is likely to still feature Stephen A. Smith, Max Kellerman and Molly Qerim
Noon-1 p.m. — A widely rumored show with Bomani Jones and Pablo Torre
1-6 p.m. — The sort of shows they have now, along with “Around the Horn” and “PTI.”
6 p.m. — “SC6″ with Jemele Hill and Michael Smith
Evening — Live sports coverage
11 p.m. — “SportsCenter”
Midnight — “SportsCenter” with Scott Van Pelt
1 a.m. — “SportsCenter” with Everett and Verrett
“If you’re ESPN talent and you’re looking at a schedule that’s something like that, based on the commitments they’ve made, if you’re not on that, then you’re starting to feel a little shaky,” Miller told Deitsch. “That’s not to say everyone else is gone, but I think those are the people that should take a deep breath, and those are the people that should feel immune.”
Expect former athletes to be departing, too. At least they’re more accustomed to career uncertainty.
“The analysts are responding very differently than the non-athletes,” an unnamed source told SN. “Ex-jocks are used to coming and going. The non-athletes are more panicked.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...big-regret-about-impending-mike-mike-breakup/
By Cindy Boren April 3
according to SI’s Richard Deitsch, a big presence in the revamped broadcast lineup, with a morning show that will run from 7-10 a.m. and is part of his new $6.5-million-per-year contract.
Greenberg denied, in a fashion, that plans for a new show have progressed. “I’ve seen a lot of the stuff that’s been written about it. The truth is, it’s all true,” he told the Sporting News. “It’s all true that that is exactly what we’re talking about. We’re talking about the possibility of breaking Mike and me up after all these years.
“But as I’ve said to many people, and I know a lot of people don’t believe me, it’s premature. There’s a million decisions that have to be made yet. I have to make a bunch of them, Mike has to make a bunch of them and the company has to make a bunch of them.”
Something clearly has been afoot with the show for a while. Almost two years ago, ESPN announced that “Mike & Mike” would move from the network’s Bristol, Conn., headquarters to New York’s Times Square in February 2016. Not long afterward, the network abandoned the plan. “After carefully considering and working through all aspects of a potential move, we have decided that the show will remain in Bristol for now,” it said in a statement in June 2015. “This opportunity with ‘Mike & Mike’ remains worthy of strong consideration for continued growth of one of our most successful franchises. As part of our overall strategy, we remain committed to integrating content across ‘Mike & Mike,’ ‘Good Morning America’ and the new 7-9 a.m. live ‘SportsCenter,’ which will debut in February.”
The possibility of change led Greenberg to talk about his one regret in all this.
“If indeed the sum total of this is we split up ‘Mike & Mike,’ which is a very real possibility,” he told SN’s Michael McCarthy, “I would like for our loyal listeners, the ones who’ve been with us for a long time, to have first heard about that from us. Obviously, that’s not a possibility anymore.”
Although it isn’t clear exactly what Golic will do, he seems fine with the breakup and hinted that the morning radio show might become “Somebody Else or Perhaps Another Mike & Mike.”
“I certainly enjoyed the 18 years with Greeny,” he told the Sporting News. “If we move on from that, I’ll enjoy it if I do it with someone else next.”
They are more chill about the impending cuts that could hit as many as 40-50 people, Jim Miller, co-author with Tom Shales of the definitive book on the network. He outlined what the impending schedule may look like in a podcast with Deitsch.
6 a.m. — Re-airing of Neil Everett and Stan Verrett’s “SportsCenter”
7-10 a.m. — Greenberg’s show
10 a.m.-noon — “First Take,” which is likely to still feature Stephen A. Smith, Max Kellerman and Molly Qerim
Noon-1 p.m. — A widely rumored show with Bomani Jones and Pablo Torre
1-6 p.m. — The sort of shows they have now, along with “Around the Horn” and “PTI.”
6 p.m. — “SC6″ with Jemele Hill and Michael Smith
Evening — Live sports coverage
11 p.m. — “SportsCenter”
Midnight — “SportsCenter” with Scott Van Pelt
1 a.m. — “SportsCenter” with Everett and Verrett
“If you’re ESPN talent and you’re looking at a schedule that’s something like that, based on the commitments they’ve made, if you’re not on that, then you’re starting to feel a little shaky,” Miller told Deitsch. “That’s not to say everyone else is gone, but I think those are the people that should take a deep breath, and those are the people that should feel immune.”
Expect former athletes to be departing, too. At least they’re more accustomed to career uncertainty.
“The analysts are responding very differently than the non-athletes,” an unnamed source told SN. “Ex-jocks are used to coming and going. The non-athletes are more panicked.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...big-regret-about-impending-mike-mike-breakup/
Yeah it's happening.
And this is what might it be.... Brace yourself..
ESPN to give polarizing Sage Steele morning role, perhaps with Mike Greenberg
SPORT
April 17, 2017 7:35am EDTApril 17, 2017 7:32am EDTSage Steele is about to return to Bristol, potentially in a big way, after being bumped from her NBA pregame show assignment.
Sage Steele(Getty Images)
Michael McCarthy
Published on Apr. 17, 2017
ESPN's Sage Steele recently lost her "NBA Countdown" hosting gig to "SportsNation" host Michelle Beadle, a move that was applauded on social media. Now the network might have a big new job for Steele that would make up for her demotion from that show.
ESPN is poised to announce the "SportsCenter on the Road" host is returning to Bristol in a morning anchor role, sources tell Sporting News.
Steele could join Mike Greenberg on his new solo morning show that will air on ESPN, said sources.
The new "Greeny & Friends"-type show will be shot in New York. If ESPN is willing to break up the 17-year partnership between Greenberg and Golic, you better believe the Worldwide Leader in Sports going to throw massive marketing support behind Greenberg's new program.
Previously, ESPN tried to recruit Fox Sports 1 rising star Katie Nolan to work with Greenberg, with ESPN president John Skipper himself personally wooing Nolan.
Steele also could slide into a morning "SportsCenter" anchor slot on whatever programming replaces the current "Mike & Mike in the Morning" on ESPN2. "Mike & Mike" will likely morph into a radio-only show with Trey Wingo teaming up with Golic in place of Greenberg.
Regardless of what Steele winds up doing, she could use some good PR right now.
ESPN announced shortly before the start of the NBA playoffs that it was naming Beadle the "full-time" ABC and ESPN "Countdown" host. The move embarassed the 10-year ESPN veteran and caused a firestorm on social media.
Steele detractors who don't like her conservative comments on social media celebrated her benching in favor of Beadle, who only joined "Countdown" as a part-time host this season. Steele's critics trolled her with tweets like this:
Previously, the biracial Steele took heat for saying the "worst racism" she recieves comes from black people. She ripped Buccaneers wide receiver Mike Evans on Instagram for sitting during the playing of the U.S. national anthem.
She cut off an interview with Arcade Fire lead singer Win Butler at the NBA Celebrity All-Star Game when he started lecturing viewers about the U.S. presidential election. "We're talking about celebrity stuff, not politics" Steele said.
Steele drew criticism from ESPN colleague Dan Le Batard when she took to Instagram to complain about about missing her flight in Los Angeles due to crowds protesting President Donald Trump's executive orders on immigration.
The Daily Beast derided her as the "Stacey Dash of Sports Media" and said she has "become a right-wing favorite for what critics call her All Lives Matter-like stances."
The Internet furor over Steele vs. Beadle became so great that Skipper took the unusual step of issuing a public statement defending Steele.
“Sage definitively has a bright and long-term future at ESPN and my complete support,” Skipper declared.
Conversely, conservative media outlets such as Breitbart have rallied around Steele.
They say her demotion from "Countdown" proves a politically correct ESPN rewards liberal-leaning voices like Beadle while punishing conservatives such as Steele and the fired Curt Schilling.
"Pro-American, Non-PC ESPN Host Sage Steele Removed from NBA Countdown Show in Favor of Michelle Beadle," blared the headline at Breitbart.
Jason Whitlock, co-host of FS1's "Speak for Yourself," also spoke up for Steele in an interview with Sporting News last week.
"Twitter punishes any black person who doesn’t spew far-left progressive dogma. Sage Steele is proud of her mixed-race heritage and she refuses to abandon her white or black heritage," Whitlock said. "There’s a price for that via social media. It’s a warning to all black people that you’re only supposed to address your problems one way. No other ethnic group’s point of view is policed in this fashion. It’s unhealthy and unwise."
Bottom line: ESPN has a lot invested in Steele. She signed a long-term contract and she's represented by the powerful talent agency CAA, which also represents Greenberg. ESPN author James Andrew Miller told Richard Deitsch of Sports Illustrated she was one of the lucky anchors who saw her salary go up exponentially in recent years.
http://www.sportingnews.com/other-s...beadle-social-media/1yfva5moh8y31a0ms6fx4jai5
Yeah it's happening.
And this is what might it be.... Brace yourself..
ESPN to give polarizing Sage Steele morning role, perhaps with Mike Greenberg
SPORT
April 17, 2017 7:35am EDTApril 17, 2017 7:32am EDTSage Steele is about to return to Bristol, potentially in a big way, after being bumped from her NBA pregame show assignment.
Sage Steele(Getty Images)
Michael McCarthy
Published on Apr. 17, 2017
ESPN's Sage Steele recently lost her "NBA Countdown" hosting gig to "SportsNation" host Michelle Beadle, a move that was applauded on social media. Now the network might have a big new job for Steele that would make up for her demotion from that show.
ESPN is poised to announce the "SportsCenter on the Road" host is returning to Bristol in a morning anchor role, sources tell Sporting News.
Steele could join Mike Greenberg on his new solo morning show that will air on ESPN, said sources.
The new "Greeny & Friends"-type show will be shot in New York. If ESPN is willing to break up the 17-year partnership between Greenberg and Golic, you better believe the Worldwide Leader in Sports going to throw massive marketing support behind Greenberg's new program.
Previously, ESPN tried to recruit Fox Sports 1 rising star Katie Nolan to work with Greenberg, with ESPN president John Skipper himself personally wooing Nolan.
Steele also could slide into a morning "SportsCenter" anchor slot on whatever programming replaces the current "Mike & Mike in the Morning" on ESPN2. "Mike & Mike" will likely morph into a radio-only show with Trey Wingo teaming up with Golic in place of Greenberg.
Regardless of what Steele winds up doing, she could use some good PR right now.
ESPN announced shortly before the start of the NBA playoffs that it was naming Beadle the "full-time" ABC and ESPN "Countdown" host. The move embarassed the 10-year ESPN veteran and caused a firestorm on social media.
Steele detractors who don't like her conservative comments on social media celebrated her benching in favor of Beadle, who only joined "Countdown" as a part-time host this season. Steele's critics trolled her with tweets like this:
Previously, the biracial Steele took heat for saying the "worst racism" she recieves comes from black people. She ripped Buccaneers wide receiver Mike Evans on Instagram for sitting during the playing of the U.S. national anthem.
She cut off an interview with Arcade Fire lead singer Win Butler at the NBA Celebrity All-Star Game when he started lecturing viewers about the U.S. presidential election. "We're talking about celebrity stuff, not politics" Steele said.
Steele drew criticism from ESPN colleague Dan Le Batard when she took to Instagram to complain about about missing her flight in Los Angeles due to crowds protesting President Donald Trump's executive orders on immigration.
The Daily Beast derided her as the "Stacey Dash of Sports Media" and said she has "become a right-wing favorite for what critics call her All Lives Matter-like stances."
The Internet furor over Steele vs. Beadle became so great that Skipper took the unusual step of issuing a public statement defending Steele.
“Sage definitively has a bright and long-term future at ESPN and my complete support,” Skipper declared.
Conversely, conservative media outlets such as Breitbart have rallied around Steele.
They say her demotion from "Countdown" proves a politically correct ESPN rewards liberal-leaning voices like Beadle while punishing conservatives such as Steele and the fired Curt Schilling.
"Pro-American, Non-PC ESPN Host Sage Steele Removed from NBA Countdown Show in Favor of Michelle Beadle," blared the headline at Breitbart.
Jason Whitlock, co-host of FS1's "Speak for Yourself," also spoke up for Steele in an interview with Sporting News last week.
"Twitter punishes any black person who doesn’t spew far-left progressive dogma. Sage Steele is proud of her mixed-race heritage and she refuses to abandon her white or black heritage," Whitlock said. "There’s a price for that via social media. It’s a warning to all black people that you’re only supposed to address your problems one way. No other ethnic group’s point of view is policed in this fashion. It’s unhealthy and unwise."
Bottom line: ESPN has a lot invested in Steele. She signed a long-term contract and she's represented by the powerful talent agency CAA, which also represents Greenberg. ESPN author James Andrew Miller told Richard Deitsch of Sports Illustrated she was one of the lucky anchors who saw her salary go up exponentially in recent years.
http://www.sportingnews.com/other-s...beadle-social-media/1yfva5moh8y31a0ms6fx4jai5
yup I KNEW it.
they damned if they do. damned if they dont
in 2017 aint no one tuning to Sportscenter to watch highlights/scores. They are avaiable immediately on your phone or computer
their only chance is to drive completely into the entertainment and focus on personalities/talking heads
Yeah it's happening.
And this is what might it be.... Brace yourself..
ESPN to give polarizing Sage Steele morning role, perhaps with Mike Greenberg
SPORT
April 17, 2017 7:35am EDTApril 17, 2017 7:32am EDTSage Steele is about to return to Bristol, potentially in a big way, after being bumped from her NBA pregame show assignment.
Sage Steele(Getty Images)
Michael McCarthy
Published on Apr. 17, 2017
ESPN's Sage Steele recently lost her "NBA Countdown" hosting gig to "SportsNation" host Michelle Beadle, a move that was applauded on social media. Now the network might have a big new job for Steele that would make up for her demotion from that show.
ESPN is poised to announce the "SportsCenter on the Road" host is returning to Bristol in a morning anchor role, sources tell Sporting News.
Steele could join Mike Greenberg on his new solo morning show that will air on ESPN, said sources.
The new "Greeny & Friends"-type show will be shot in New York. If ESPN is willing to break up the 17-year partnership between Greenberg and Golic, you better believe the Worldwide Leader in Sports going to throw massive marketing support behind Greenberg's new program.
Previously, ESPN tried to recruit Fox Sports 1 rising star Katie Nolan to work with Greenberg, with ESPN president John Skipper himself personally wooing Nolan.
Steele also could slide into a morning "SportsCenter" anchor slot on whatever programming replaces the current "Mike & Mike in the Morning" on ESPN2. "Mike & Mike" will likely morph into a radio-only show with Trey Wingo teaming up with Golic in place of Greenberg.
Regardless of what Steele winds up doing, she could use some good PR right now.
ESPN announced shortly before the start of the NBA playoffs that it was naming Beadle the "full-time" ABC and ESPN "Countdown" host. The move embarassed the 10-year ESPN veteran and caused a firestorm on social media.
Steele detractors who don't like her conservative comments on social media celebrated her benching in favor of Beadle, who only joined "Countdown" as a part-time host this season. Steele's critics trolled her with tweets like this:
Previously, the biracial Steele took heat for saying the "worst racism" she recieves comes from black people. She ripped Buccaneers wide receiver Mike Evans on Instagram for sitting during the playing of the U.S. national anthem.
She cut off an interview with Arcade Fire lead singer Win Butler at the NBA Celebrity All-Star Game when he started lecturing viewers about the U.S. presidential election. "We're talking about celebrity stuff, not politics" Steele said.
Steele drew criticism from ESPN colleague Dan Le Batard when she took to Instagram to complain about about missing her flight in Los Angeles due to crowds protesting President Donald Trump's executive orders on immigration.
The Daily Beast derided her as the "Stacey Dash of Sports Media" and said she has "become a right-wing favorite for what critics call her All Lives Matter-like stances."
The Internet furor over Steele vs. Beadle became so great that Skipper took the unusual step of issuing a public statement defending Steele.
“Sage definitively has a bright and long-term future at ESPN and my complete support,” Skipper declared.
Conversely, conservative media outlets such as Breitbart have rallied around Steele.
They say her demotion from "Countdown" proves a politically correct ESPN rewards liberal-leaning voices like Beadle while punishing conservatives such as Steele and the fired Curt Schilling.
"Pro-American, Non-PC ESPN Host Sage Steele Removed from NBA Countdown Show in Favor of Michelle Beadle," blared the headline at Breitbart.
Jason Whitlock, co-host of FS1's "Speak for Yourself," also spoke up for Steele in an interview with Sporting News last week.
"Twitter punishes any black person who doesn’t spew far-left progressive dogma. Sage Steele is proud of her mixed-race heritage and she refuses to abandon her white or black heritage," Whitlock said. "There’s a price for that via social media. It’s a warning to all black people that you’re only supposed to address your problems one way. No other ethnic group’s point of view is policed in this fashion. It’s unhealthy and unwise."
Bottom line: ESPN has a lot invested in Steele. She signed a long-term contract and she's represented by the powerful talent agency CAA, which also represents Greenberg. ESPN author James Andrew Miller told Richard Deitsch of Sports Illustrated she was one of the lucky anchors who saw her salary go up exponentially in recent years.
http://www.sportingnews.com/other-s...beadle-social-media/1yfva5moh8y31a0ms6fx4jai5
Guess Sage sucked enough white dick to keep her job for now.
oh hell no,this bitch got fired into an even bigger showYeah it's happening.
And this is what might it be.... Brace yourself..
ESPN to give polarizing Sage Steele morning role, perhaps with Mike Greenberg
SPORT
April 17, 2017 7:35am EDTApril 17, 2017 7:32am EDTSage Steele is about to return to Bristol, potentially in a big way, after being bumped from her NBA pregame show assignment.
Sage Steele(Getty Images)
Michael McCarthy
Published on Apr. 17, 2017
ESPN's Sage Steele recently lost her "NBA Countdown" hosting gig to "SportsNation" host Michelle Beadle, a move that was applauded on social media. Now the network might have a big new job for Steele that would make up for her demotion from that show.
ESPN is poised to announce the "SportsCenter on the Road" host is returning to Bristol in a morning anchor role, sources tell Sporting News.
Steele could join Mike Greenberg on his new solo morning show that will air on ESPN, said sources.
The new "Greeny & Friends"-type show will be shot in New York. If ESPN is willing to break up the 17-year partnership between Greenberg and Golic, you better believe the Worldwide Leader in Sports going to throw massive marketing support behind Greenberg's new program.
Previously, ESPN tried to recruit Fox Sports 1 rising star Katie Nolan to work with Greenberg, with ESPN president John Skipper himself personally wooing Nolan.
Steele also could slide into a morning "SportsCenter" anchor slot on whatever programming replaces the current "Mike & Mike in the Morning" on ESPN2. "Mike & Mike" will likely morph into a radio-only show with Trey Wingo teaming up with Golic in place of Greenberg.
Regardless of what Steele winds up doing, she could use some good PR right now.
ESPN announced shortly before the start of the NBA playoffs that it was naming Beadle the "full-time" ABC and ESPN "Countdown" host. The move embarassed the 10-year ESPN veteran and caused a firestorm on social media.
Steele detractors who don't like her conservative comments on social media celebrated her benching in favor of Beadle, who only joined "Countdown" as a part-time host this season. Steele's critics trolled her with tweets like this:
Previously, the biracial Steele took heat for saying the "worst racism" she recieves comes from black people. She ripped Buccaneers wide receiver Mike Evans on Instagram for sitting during the playing of the U.S. national anthem.
She cut off an interview with Arcade Fire lead singer Win Butler at the NBA Celebrity All-Star Game when he started lecturing viewers about the U.S. presidential election. "We're talking about celebrity stuff, not politics" Steele said.
Steele drew criticism from ESPN colleague Dan Le Batard when she took to Instagram to complain about about missing her flight in Los Angeles due to crowds protesting President Donald Trump's executive orders on immigration.
The Daily Beast derided her as the "Stacey Dash of Sports Media" and said she has "become a right-wing favorite for what critics call her All Lives Matter-like stances."
The Internet furor over Steele vs. Beadle became so great that Skipper took the unusual step of issuing a public statement defending Steele.
“Sage definitively has a bright and long-term future at ESPN and my complete support,” Skipper declared.
Conversely, conservative media outlets such as Breitbart have rallied around Steele.
They say her demotion from "Countdown" proves a politically correct ESPN rewards liberal-leaning voices like Beadle while punishing conservatives such as Steele and the fired Curt Schilling.
"Pro-American, Non-PC ESPN Host Sage Steele Removed from NBA Countdown Show in Favor of Michelle Beadle," blared the headline at Breitbart.
Jason Whitlock, co-host of FS1's "Speak for Yourself," also spoke up for Steele in an interview with Sporting News last week.
"Twitter punishes any black person who doesn’t spew far-left progressive dogma. Sage Steele is proud of her mixed-race heritage and she refuses to abandon her white or black heritage," Whitlock said. "There’s a price for that via social media. It’s a warning to all black people that you’re only supposed to address your problems one way. No other ethnic group’s point of view is policed in this fashion. It’s unhealthy and unwise."
Bottom line: ESPN has a lot invested in Steele. She signed a long-term contract and she's represented by the powerful talent agency CAA, which also represents Greenberg. ESPN author James Andrew Miller told Richard Deitsch of Sports Illustrated she was one of the lucky anchors who saw her salary go up exponentially in recent years.
http://www.sportingnews.com/other-s...beadle-social-media/1yfva5moh8y31a0ms6fx4jai5
So they want to expand and link up with GMA; when 95% of their base is male and 95% of that 95% is not trying to hear GMA. Plus you take a dude with a pro pedigree and pro insight and keep a journalist in the prime slot to discuss the nuisances of sports. Makes all the sense of a bunch of MBAs and data geeks saying "this will work".
Lowkey though a few years back I heard an interview with one of the Mike's where they described their off-air relationships and basically said it was non-existent; I figured days were numbered when I heard that.
The internet and apps are for the highlights. They realize this and are trying to change and have a station with more personality.
That straight highlight shit doesn't work in 2017, because you can go to youtube, twitter or an app to see the clip.
You can get live updates of scores and highlights
Damn!!!!!!
Why Steven Jack, thats my dude, he keeps it 100.
And am i the only one that thinks LZ Granderson sounds like Kermit the Frog?
Man he's an icon on ESPN now...They should have got rid of that fuckin whiny bitch Mike Greenberg. Hate that pussy with all my heart and soul.
Similar threads
