Sage Steele Replaced as ESPN's 'NBA Countdown' Host

Controversial ESPN host Sage Steele will no longer be hosting “NBA Countdown,” a role which will be taken over by Michelle Beadle.

Although some assumed Steele had been fired, the host will continue with the network as the leader of “SportsCenter on the Road,” covering high profile assignments like the Final Four and The Masters, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.

Steele was criticized in January for complaining on social media about missing a flight because of airport protesters of President Trump’s travel ban, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. Steele has also been critical of the Black Lives Matter movement, saying that she thinks “all lives matter.”

Twitter seemed joyous about her departure from the show.

First time ever black ppl are happy that a black person losing their job to a white person. Bye Sage Steele. LOL pic.twitter.com/ofywh9GM0j

— Jay Anderson (@jayserius) April 4, 2017

Sage Steele Bout To Get Hired By Fox News

— Mel Finesse (@JW_The_Legend) April 4, 2017

Me when I found out ESPN fired a black woman & replaced her with a white woman VS me when I found out that black woman was Sage Steele pic.twitter.com/NNp4mqtY2z

— Will H. (@Will_CLT_2017) April 4, 2017

Remember when Sage Steele was clowning Kaep for being unsigned......Life, just like me, really does come fast

— Rex DrillHerson (@Smartguygemini) April 4, 2017

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