{"id":1994286,"date":"2023-08-08T13:36:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-08T17:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sports-radio-host-blasts-espns-tribute-to-megan-rapinoe-this-isnt-sports-its-left-wing-propaganda\/"},"modified":"2023-08-08T13:37:46","modified_gmt":"2023-08-08T17:37:46","slug":"sports-radio-host-blasts-espns-tribute-to-megan-rapinoe-this-isnt-sports-its-left-wing-propaganda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sports-radio-host-blasts-espns-tribute-to-megan-rapinoe-this-isnt-sports-its-left-wing-propaganda\/","title":{"rendered":"Sports Radio Host Blasts ESPN&#8217;s Tribute to Megan Rapinoe: &#8216;This Isn&#8217;t Sports, It&#8217;s Left Wing Propaganda&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsports-radio-host-blasts-espns-tribute-to-megan-rapinoe-this-isnt-sports-its-left-wing-propaganda%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1994286&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Sports Radio Host Blasts \u2063ESPN&#8217;s Tribute to Megan \u2062Rapinoe: \u200b&#8217;This\u2062 Isn&#8217;t Sports, It&#8217;s Left Wing Propaganda&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p>For the executives \u2064at\u2063 ESPN, it was probably a no-brainer.<\/p>\n<p>Airing a 3-minute tribute to Megan Rapinoe, the most recognizable \u2014 and divisive \u2014 women\u2019s soccer player in the country and focusing heavily\u2064 on her leftist politics probably must have\u200c played well in a network that has put sports on\u2063 the back-burner \u200bfor years.<\/p>\n<p>But Clay Travis,\u2064 the host of \u201cOutkick the Coverage\u201d on Fox Sports Radio and founder of the \u2062conservative website <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outkick.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Outkick<\/a>, had a different take, and \u200ca\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">social media post<\/a> he published Monday was a lot more on target \u200cthan Rapinoe\u2019s final kick \u2063in the 2023 Women\u2019s World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMegan Rapinoe airmailed\u2064 her penalty \u200bkick &#038; the US women\u2019s soccer team \u200chad their \u200dworst World Cup performance ever,\u201d Travis wrote on X, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-received-letter-stating-he-is-target-of-january-6-investigation\/\" title=\"Trump informed of being investigated for January 6 incident.\">social \u2062media\u200d platform<\/a> formerly\u200b known at Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHere\u2019s how @espn\u200b covered Rapinoe and the US women\u2019s \u200bchoke job. This isn\u2019t sports, it\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sports-radio-host-blasts-espns-tribute-to-megan-rapinoe-this-isnt-sports-its-left-wing-propaganda\/\" title=\"Sports radio host criticizes ESPN's tribute to Megan Rapinoe, calling it \"left-wing propaganda\" instead of sports.\">left \u2062wing propaganda<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Megan Rapinoe\u2064 airmailed her penalty kick &#038; the US women\u2019s soccer team had\u2063 their\u200c worst \u2063World Cup performance ever. \u2064Here\u2019s \u2063how <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/espn?\">@espn<\/a> covered Rapinoe and the US\u2062 women\u2019s choke job. This isn\u2019t \u200bsports, it\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/matt-walshs-childrens-book-hits-number-1-on-amazon-list-hours-after-launch\/\" title=\"Matt Walsh\u2019s Children\u2019s Book Hits Number 1 On Amazon List Hours After Launch\">left wing propaganda<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/O0MbporFLB\">pic.twitter.com\/O0MbporFLB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ClayTravis\/status\/1688540114043957248?\">August 7, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Travis, of course, nailed it.<\/p>\n<p>In 20 years as one of the United States best-known athletes, Rapinoe, 38, \u2064established an undeniable \u200brecord of achievement in the sport of soccer before announcing she would retire at\u200d the end of this year\u2019s \u2062Women\u2019s World Cup. But\u200c the network dispensed with that in the first third of \u2064the tribute. The lion\u2019s share \u200bof the segment had other points to make.<\/p>\n<p>It dwelt on her insulting the \u201cThe Star-Spangled Banner\u201d \u2014 \u2062which\u200c started in slavish imitation\u200c of the now-former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick\u2019s kneeling for the national \u200danthem. (\u201cPatriotism\u201d the ESPN narrator called it. \u201cBullying\u201d is more like it, to hear former teammate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/hope-solo-megan-rapinoe-bully-teammates-kneeling-national-anthem\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hope Solo tell it<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>It saluted her baseless claims for\u2063 \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/megan-rapinoe-called-psychopath-favorite-memory-playing-soccer-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">equal pay<\/a>\u201d for women soccer players, who don\u2019t draw <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/us-men-forced-pay-megan-rapinoe-womens-team-6-5-million-prize-money-win-iran\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">anywhere near \u2062the\u2062 revenue<\/a> \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fifa-begs-fans-right-thing-buy-tickets-womens-world-cup-gets-underway-many-unsold-seats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">or \u200dinterest<\/a> \u200c\u2014 as \u2062the men\u2019s game.<\/p>\n<p>And it glorified \u2064her self-proclaimed sexuality as a lesbian\u200d while trumpeting her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/tennis-legend-martina-navratilova-calls-megan-rapinoe-trans-athletes-comments-really-megan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">abandonment of women athletes<\/a> for\u2064 the cause of men who want to compete against women \u2064by simply claiming they were \u200bborn\u200c in the wrong bodies (bodies that are naturally \u2063stronger, faster\u200c and\u2062 more enduring than those of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/man-claiming-woman-smokes-runner-female-bike-race-power-just-not-comparable\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">women they are defeating<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>It \u200dwas, in short, exactly what Americans should have come to expect from\u2063 a network so far gone into the leftist worldview\u2063 that \u200cit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/espn-celebrates-womens-history-month-lia-thomas-profile-former-opponent-goes-off-spineless-network\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">used a <em>man\u2019s<\/em> accomplishments<\/a> to celebrate\u200d Women\u2019s History Month.<\/p>\n<p>Check out the\u2064 segment\u200b here. It\u2019s called \u201cUnapologetically Rapinoe\u201d:<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-embed\">\n<\/div>\n<p>Travis wasn\u2019t alone.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Disgraceful by ESPN, but not surprising.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2062 TurtlePower98 (@sstaedtler98) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sstaedtler98\/status\/1688550381830201344?\">August 7, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/espn?\">@espn<\/a> is the a joke just like Rapinoe<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kate\u2062 Austin (@KateAus1976) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KateAus1976\/status\/1688560898225373184?\">August 7, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Leave it to ESPN <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/h2Tzw86YlE\">pic.twitter.com\/h2Tzw86YlE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u200bDEDRIC WILLIAMSON (@DEDRICWILLIAM20) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DEDRICWILLIAM20\/status\/1688742229978857472?\">August\u200d 8, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">When \u2063politics are more important than\u200d the game. So sad.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 DronePro (@DronePro) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DronePro\/status\/1688583657039269888?\">August 7, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Even for conservatives whose skin crawls at the idea of a \u2064woman\u2063 like Rapinoe representing the country on the world stage, Rapinoe has \u200bbeen part of some notable accomplishments.<\/p>\n<p>Her teams have won two\u2062 World Cups \u2014 even \u200dif Rapinoe\u2019s behavior during the 2019 celebration <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-rapinoe-loudly-boasts-deserve-victory-parade\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">was a disgrace<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Her Olympic teams have won the gold, silver\u200c and bronze \u200cmedals. Sure, Americans would prefer\u200c three golds, of course, but medals are medals.<\/p>\n<p>And as an individual, <a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/5684710\/megan-rapinoe-fifa-womens-award\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">she was named<\/a> Best Women Player in\u2064 the World by FIFA, soccer\u2019s \u2064international governing\u2062 body. There\u2019s no doubt \u2062her politics played\u200d a role in\u200b that selection\u2063 \u2014 \u200cbut it\u2019s still nothing to sneeze at.<\/p>\n<p>ESPN could have focused on all, or any, of those aspects of Rapinoe\u2019s career and the athleticism that\u200d made them possible, with an inevitable \u200dnod to the unavoidable politics. But in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/espn-host-declares-white-people-problem-nfl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">true ESPN form<\/a>, it \u2062chose her political activism as the highlight of what is supposed to be an athlete\u2019s legacy.<\/p>\n<p>One\u2064 of the responses to \u200cTravis\u2019s post\u200b put\u200c it\u200b perfectly:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Propaganda. That\u2019s the right word.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u200bCarolina (@carolina_bonita) \u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/carolina_bonita\/status\/1688583367342915584?\">August 7, \u20632023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>For\u2063 the suits at ESPN, which long ago surrendered even the pretense of making sports\u200c its primary interest, it must have seemed obvious.<\/p>\n<p>For the rest of the country,\u200d it \u200bwas a\u2062 disgrace.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/sports-radio-host-blasts-espns-tribute-megan-rapinoe-isnt-sports-left-wing-propaganda\/\">Sports Radio Host Blasts ESPN&#8217;s\u200d Tribute \u2062to Megan Rapinoe: &#8216;This Isn&#8217;t Sports, It&#8217;s Left Wing Propaganda&#8217;<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The\u200c Western \u200bJournal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the executives at ESPN, it was probably a no-brainer. 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