Catholic Sportscaster at ESPN Faced Backlash for Opinion on COVID Vaccines | EWTN News Nightly

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One person who knows a lot about women and girls' sports is Sage Steele, a long time sportscaster and a staple on ESPN for more than a decade. However, when she appeared on a podcast in 2021 and gave her opinion on the COVID vaccine mandates and a few other topics that some deemed controversial, things changed. Steele says she was taken off of assignments and her dream job became a hostile work environment. She filed a lawsuit alleging her free speech rights were squashed. Earlier this month, she and the network settled the suit. Sage Steele joins to talk about her journey and how her Catholic faith is carrying her through it all. She shares what we are seeing now in women's sports with transgender athletes. On another note, Steele discusses how she is doing as it was just last month that she settled her lawsuit and left ESPN. Steele shares what she said during the podcast, in particular about the vaccine mandates that basically in a way made her a pariah. She tells us how she feels now that so much has come out about the vaccines with all the studies and how even those who received the vaccine and have been boosted are still getting COVID. She explains whether she feels vindicated in a way. Steele fills us in on what is next for her. ------------ EWTN News Nightly provides the latest news and analysis from a Catholic perspective. Join host Tracy Sabol, our Capitol Hill, White House and Rome Correspondents, as well as many other diverse guests daily, to get the latest from the U.S. and the Vatican on topics regarding our Catholic faith and interests. ------------- EWTN News Nightly airs on EWTN weekdays at 6pm & 9pm ET. ------------ Don't miss an episode of EWTN New Nightly. Get updates here: https://www.ewtn.com/tv/shows/ewtn-news-nightly ------------- Sign up today to receive the EWTN News Nightly newsletter: https://www.ewtn.com/enn ------------- Follow EWTN News Nightly on Social Media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ewtnnewsnightly Twitter: https://twitter.com/EWTNNewsNightly Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ewtnnewsnightly/ ------------- Subscribe to EWTN YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/user/EWTN ------------- You can support the EWTN News mission: https://bit.ly/3qDR1qf