{"id":2226228,"date":"2024-04-20T20:42:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-21T00:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-espn-anchor-sage-steele-to-guest-host-morning-wire\/"},"modified":"2024-04-20T20:44:52","modified_gmt":"2024-04-21T00:44:52","slug":"former-espn-anchor-sage-steele-to-guest-host-morning-wire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-espn-anchor-sage-steele-to-guest-host-morning-wire\/","title":{"rendered":"Sage Steele, Former ESPN Anchor, Set to Guest-Host &#8216;Morning Wire"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fformer-espn-anchor-sage-steele-to-guest-host-morning-wire%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=2226228&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--><p>Former ESPN anchor Sage Steele is set to guest host The Daily Wire&#8217;s &#8220;Morning Wire&#8221;\u2062 podcast, joining as \u200cco-host from April 21 to April 27. Steele, known\u2064 for her outspoken views on politics and her departure from Disney over a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/musicians-sue-north-carolina-symphony-over-covid-vaccine-mandate-controversy\/\" title=\"Musicians sue NC Symphony over COVID vaccine mandate dispute.\">vaccine mandate dispute<\/a>, \u200cbrings her unique perspective\u200d to this top-ranked news show. Don&#8217;t miss her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/committee-to-defeat-the-president-chair-on-the-debt-ceiling-debacle\/\" title=\"Chair of 'Committee to Defeat the President' comments on Debt Ceiling issue.\">engaging interviews<\/a> \u2062and\u200d commentary! Former ESPN anchor\u200b Sage Steele\u200d will be co-hosting The Daily Wire&#8217;s &#8220;Morning Wire&#8221;\u2062 podcast from\u200d April 21 to April 27. Steele, recognized for her\u2062 bold political perspectives and her exit from Disney due to a vaccine mandate conflict, promises to \u2062offer her distinctive viewpoint on this popular news program. Tune in for her insightful interviews and commentary!  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Former ESPN anchor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/sage-steele\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sage Steele<\/a> will guest host The Daily Wire\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/podcasts\/morning-wire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Morning Wire<\/a>,\u201d one of the nation\u2019s top news podcasts, this coming week.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Steele, a former anchor on ESPN\u2019s \u201cSportsCenter\u201d and the host of the newly launched \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@TheSageSteeleShow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Sage Steele Show<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201d on YouTube, will co-host \u201cMorning Wire\u201d from April 21 to April 27 alongside Daily Wire Editor-in-Chief John Bickley while co-host Georgia Howe is off for the week.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Steele, who left Disney after criticizing its COVID vaccine mandate, now interviews prominent athletes, entertainers, and politicians on her own show. In recent years, she has been outspoken about how politics took over ESPN after she first joined the network in 2007.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In 2022, she sued both ESPN and parent company Disney, saying that they had retaliated against her for making negative comments about COVID vaccine mandates and former President Barack Obama. In August 2023, she <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sagesteele\/status\/1691437577797337088\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">announced<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  that the suit had been \u201csuccessfully settled\u201d and that she would be leaving so she would be more free to exercise her First Amendment rights.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">During her time at ESPN, Steele was given the opportunity to interview President Joe Biden. Speaking with Fox News earlier this year, Steele <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/sage-steele-says-espn-bosses-made-her-follow-every-word-of-carefully-planned-qa-with-biden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">said<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  that the Biden interview was highly scripted and that she wasn\u2019t allowed to \u201cdeviate\u201d from the preset questions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cEvery single question was scripted, gone over dozens of times by many editors and executives. Absolutely. I was on script and was told not to deviate,\u201d she said. \u201cIt was very much \u2018This is what you will ask. This is how you will say it. No follow-ups, no follow-ups. Next.\u2019 \u2026 This went up to the fourth floor, as we said, where all the bosses, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/facebook-caved-to-turkish-government-demands-blocked-group-to-protect-business-interests\/\" title=\"Facebook Caved To Turkish Government Demands, Blocked Group To Protect Business Interests\">top executives<\/a>, the decision makers are, the president of our company, the CEO, where they all worked.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sage-steele-says-espn-bosses-made-her-follow-every-word-of-carefully-planned-qa-with-biden\/\" title=\"Sage Steele reveals she was required to adhere strictly to scripted Q&#038;A guidelines with Biden set by ESPN executives\">interview made headlines<\/a> when Biden came out in support of the MLB All-Star Game boycott of Atlanta after Republicans in Georgia passed a voter ID law.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1713635892817000&#038;usg=AOvVaw3lXMk_jhNQC8Fngje8e8XV\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Earlier this year, comedian Bill Maher, who hosts HBO\u2019s \u201cReal Time,\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/bill-maher-launches-new-podcast-network-hires-conservative-as-his-first-host\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">hired<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  Steele to be part of his podcast network. Steele said that though she and Maher have a lot of differences in opinion, she appreciated how they can sit down together and have real conversations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIt\u2019s a beautiful thing that Bill Maher saw this controversial conservative, former ESPN star and said, \u2018No, no, no, I\u2019m going to give her a shot, even though I completely feel differently about huge important issues in our country,\u2019\u201d Steele <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/interview-former-espn-anchor-sage-steele-talks-getting-canceled-after-vax-comments-surge-of-support-launch-of-her-new-show\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">told<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bickley in an interview for Morning Wire in March when discussing working with Maher. \u201cI think it\u2019s a win for everybody and I\u2019m so honored.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cMorning Wire\u201d airs twice daily on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/podcasts\/morning-wire\">The Daily Wire<\/a> website and the <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/dailywire\/id1477317200\">DailyWire+<\/a> app.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former ESPN anchor Sage Steele will be a guest host on The Daily Wire&#8217;s &#8220;Morning Wire&#8221; podcast next week. Known for her work on ESPN&#8217;s &#8220;SportsCenter&#8221; and hosting &#8220;The Sage Steele Show&#8221; on YouTube, Steele will co-host &#8220;Morning Wire&#8221; from April 21 to April 27. Don&#8217;t miss her insightful commentary!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":200,"featured_media":2226229,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-2000210842.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2226228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-2000210842.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2226228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/200"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2226228"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2226228\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2226229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2226228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2226228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2226228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}