Sage Steele – Controversial Comments

Sage Steele is paying for the controversial comments she made about black men protesting the killings of unarmed black men, women and children.  Scroll down to see the Instagram post she made on January 30, 2017.  Steele has been replaced by Michelle Beadle on NBA Countdown which airs on ABC and ESPN.

Steele claims that the worst racism she has received has come from black people

Sage Steele Controversial Comments

Sage Steele calls out Mike Evans

In 2016, Steele called out Tampa Bay Buccaneers star, Mike Evans after he took a knee during the national anthem.  Sage grew up in a biracial military family, explaining some of her beliefs.  Evans chose to kneel following the results of the presidential election.  He explained that he thought Donald Trump running for president was a joke and was alarmed to find out that he won.

Hey @MikeEvans13_ look up definition of the word DEMOCRACY & remember this pic while kneeling/exercising your right to protest #perspective pic.twitter.com/kGruy3wEDe

— Sage Steele (@sagesteele) November 14, 2016

Steele shared the following Instagram post after missing a flight.

So THIS is why thousands of us dragged luggage nearly 2 miles to get to LAX, but still missed our flights. Fortunately, a 7 hour wait for the next flight to Houston won’t affect me that much, but my heart sank for the elderly and parents with small children who did their best to walk all that way but had no chance of making their flights. I love witnessing people exercise their right to protest! But it saddened me to see the joy on their faces knowing that they were successful in disrupting so many people’s travel plans. Yes, immigrants were affected by this as well. Brilliant. 🇺🇸

A post shared by Sage Steele (@sagesteele) on Jan 29, 2017 at 11:12pm PST

There are some people that just can’t bite their tongue.  Freedom of speech is important but there’s a time and a place for everything.