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ESPN Broadcaster Takes a Stand Against ‘Transgender’ Athletes – Here’s What Happened Next

ESPN host Sam Ponder was reportedly fired on Thursday in what the network described as a “cost-cutting” move. However, her termination came just days after she voiced support for fairness in women’s sports, specifically opposing the inclusion of transgender athletes in women’s competitions. Ponder’s comments were made in response to a post by women’s sports advocate Riley Gaines, who criticized the inclusion of “mediocre men” in high school girls’ sports. Ponder echoed these sentiments, stating that it’s “not hateful to demand fairness in sports for girls.”


The mainstream media reported this as a “cost-cutting” move but we all know the truth!
Gaines reacted to the news on X.

“So ESPN fires @samponder, the only woman at the network who was publicly said men don’t belong in women’s sports. 3 weeks before football season?” she wrote.

“Sam is one of the most beautiful, genuine women I’ve ever met along with @sagesteele who had a similar fate….not a coincidence,” she added.

This week, ESPN broadcaster Kirk Herbstreit said in an interview that he “doesn’t give a s***” about getting backlash for criticizing transgender athletes in women’s sports.

On Outkick’s “Don’t @ Me with Dan Dakich” podcast, Herbstreit claimed that he’d been “biting my tongue on a lot of topics for three years.” He was told not to discuss not to talk publicly about race, religion, or politics.

“I’ve tried to just…I try to stay on the sidelines for a lot of that…but, you know, you can only take so much until you want to start to speak up a little bit and start to say what you think,” Herbstreit said.

“I’m done giving any s***s at all about any of it when it comes to…it’s almost like there’s two different sets of rules and if you have a view that’s a little bit more traditional, or I’m a Christian guy, it’s like there’s a different set of rules for that viewpoint. It’s hard to just turn the other cheek time after time after time,” he said.

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