Sage Steele, who spent more than a decade and a half at ESPN, is suing the talent and sports agency that represented her. 

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Steele was not pleased with the way her representatives advocated on her behalf during her dispute with ESPN. 

She filed a lawsuit Tuesday in Los Angeles Superior Court, claiming Creative Artist Agency (CAA) breached its fiduciary duty, according to the report.

Steele previously sued her former employer after she claimed ESPN suspended her in retaliation for remarks she made related to Disney’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate during a podcast appearance. Disney is ESPN’s parent company. 

“I respect everyone’s decision, I really do, but to mandate it is, um, sick,” Steele said in September 2021 when she was a guest on NFL quarterback Jay Cutler’s “Uncut” podcast. 

“And it’s scary to me in many ways. But I have a job, a job that I love, and, frankly, a job that I need. But, again, I love it. I’m not surprised it got to this point, especially with Disney, a global company … but it was actually emotional.”

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Shortly after reaching a settlement with ESPN, Sage announced her exit from the company after 16 years.

Steele decided to leave what she described as her “dream job” in hopes she could exercise her “First Amendment rights more freely.”

TV personality Sage Steele during a panel discussion at SXSW March 9, 2018, in Austin, Texas. (Jesse Grant/Getty Images for Cisco Systems, Inc.)

Matthew Kramer, CAA’s co-head of sports media, is reportedly at the center of Steele’s latest lawsuit. Steele claimed Kramer neglected to demand to make it expressly clear that she would not have to apologize for criticizing Disney’s vaccination policy. The suit also alleges Steele was misled to believe a high-ranking member in CAA’s legal department reviewed her contract as it related to the vaccine mandate. 

According to the lawsuit, a copy of Steele’s contract was sent to a junior attorney for review.

Sage Steele speaks onstage during the Players Tailgate by Bullseye Event Group Feb. 13, 2022, in Los Angeles. (Jesse Grant/Getty Images for Bullseye Event Group)

The complaint also suggested CAA had a conflict of interest. The agency also represents prominent ESPN personalities Adam Schefter and Adrian Wojnarowski. Schefter, a senior NFL Insider, and Wojnarowski, a senior NBA Insider, both landed contract extensions in 2022.

The lawsuit also mentions several other ESPN employees, including executives the agency represents.

Fox News Digital contacted CAA, but a request for comment was not immediately returned.

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Despite everything he did at Oregon, despite 17,000 NFL passing yards and 114 touchdown tosses and all the records already set as a Charger, Justin Herbert has never stood out quite like this on a football field.

Wrapped in a golden jersey while everyone else is dressed in blue or white, Herbert literally has resembled a one-man team at times during the Chargers’ offseason program.

“He did not want that,” coach Jim Harbaugh said Tuesday. “He didn’t. And I get that. I understand that. As a quarterback, I didn’t like wearing a different color jersey than anybody else on the team.”

But Harbaugh has insisted that Herbert go gold as a reminder to others to give him his space — Harbaugh called it “a halo” — as a means to protect the franchise’s most significant asset.

While it is standard for teams to outfit their quarterbacks in brighter jerseys as a precaution, the difference this spring is that Herbert typically has been the only one in an alternate color.

“[It’s] two yards for the all quarterbacks,” Harbaugh said, using his hands to illustrate a barrier surrounding the player. “But the guy wearing the gold jersey, let’s make that 2½ or three.”

Maximizing Herbert first means maximizing his health, something the Chargers have struggled to do the last two seasons as rib, shoulder and finger injuries impacted his play.

Herbert missed the final four games in 2023 because of a fractured right index finger., a break that required surgery and officially unhinged a season already careening to nowhere.

The reset from the team’s 5-12 finish included the hiring of Harbaugh, who arrived praising Herbert and has continued to tout his quarterback as the two learn more about one another.

With the Chargers opening their three-day mandatory mini-camp in Costa Mesa, Harbaugh, asked what has most excited him about Herbert, answered, “That would be a long list.”

The head coach then talked about Herbert’s passing, his understanding of blitz protection and his ability to quickly pick up another new offensive system. Then Harbaugh mentioned a conditioning test that Herbert “smashed” last week.

“Just when you think he can’t go another rung on the ladder of my esteem, he finds another one,” Harbaugh said. “I mean, [he] crushed it, like out in front with people trying to keep up with him.”

An ironic moment came next when Harbaugh noted the discovery that he said has been No. 1 for him: Herbert’s insistence on — despite his golden status — not purposely standing out.

“The top of the list would be the way he elevates teammates,” Harbaugh said. “He lifts them up, kind of makes himself smaller and them bigger as opposed to a guy that pushes the others down and, you know, ‘Look at me.’ ”

Harbaugh has worked with other accomplished quarterbacks during his coaching days, including the likes of Andrew Luck, Colin Kaepernick and, last season, first-round draft pick J.J. McCarthy.

Herbert, however, seems to be on a different level, Harbaugh calling him “an expert at football” and “a razor-sharp, intelligent person.” Harbaugh said Herbert is bigger than he looks on television and throws the ball harder than appearances suggest.

Yes, Harbaugh flatly gushed at times, particularly when discussing the athletic ability of his 6-foot-6, 236-pound quarterback.

“Really, he could play tight end here,” Harbaugh insisted. “He could play edge rusher here. And the arm talent is even better than advertised. It’s an exciting thing.

“I’ve found myself just sitting at my desk at times, going, ‘He’s on our team!’ You know it’s not just in shorts because I’ve seen him do this in 11-on-11 NFL padded football games.”

Coach Jim Harbaugh addresses his Chargers at the Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton.

(Gregory Bull / Associated Press)

The Chargers began mini-camp with an hour-long workout at their facility before busing about 60 minutes south to Camp Pendleton for a walk-through and meet-and-greet on the military base, the event drawing an estimated 5,000 spectators.

They will hold practices Wednesday and Thursday before taking a break ahead of training camp. The Chargers will reconvene toward the end of July at their new training center in El Segundo.

Most notable among the players not on the field for practice Tuesday was running back Gus Edwards. Tight ends Will Dissly and Donald Parham Jr. were among a group working with athletic trainers off to the side.

Led by his increased appreciation of Herbert, Harbaugh said he has been pleased with his first Chargers offseason.

“My mood will always depend on how football practice went,” he explained. “I’ve been in a good mood.”

Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr is endorsing President Biden for re-election, and he explained why he’s behind the president he supported in 2020. 

“It’s clear that President Biden is really interested in implementing gun safety measurements, commonsense gun violence prevention measures,” Kerr told MSNBC. 

“I’ve been doing a lot of work the last 10 years with a lot of different gun safety [and] prevention people like Brady [United], Giffords, Sandy Hook Promise, March For Our Lives. I’ve learned so much, and I know that we can prevent lives [from being lost to gun violence]. 

“President Biden is adamant that he’s going to push for commonsense laws that can do that. I know that [former] President Trump will not do that. So, it’s really a simple choice for me.”

Kerr was asked if he was voting for Biden or didn’t want to vote for former President Trump in this year’s election. 

“I’m voting for Joe Biden, but I think the biggest thing for me, everybody needs to vote their conscious,” he said. “I’m voting on a few issues, but this is the main one. I lost my father to gun violence when I was 18 years old, so I know how much pain people go through every single day in this country. 

“I know gun violence is the No. 1 killer of children in America. And I know that there’s so much that we can do about this. I think most people out there agree with me, whether you’re Republican or Democrat. 

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“Eighty percent of people in this country want universal background checks — doesn’t matter your political affiliation. We can do this, but we kinda have to steer the cruise ship there. It’s going to take some time, but we need to implement laws that the vast majority of our country want, and President Biden is willing to do the work to try to get those changes.”

To further his point, Kerr brought up how he’s a recent grandfather, “and I’m thinking a lot about when she goes off to kindergarten. And she’s going to have to go through mass-shooting drills.

President Biden speaks during a campaign event at the Martin Luther King Recreation Center in Philadelphia April 18, 2024. (Hannah Beier/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

“The trauma that our kids all across America go through just from those drills and the possibility of facing that kind of situation is so traumatizing and just a terrible thought that our children are all feeling this way. We know commonsense laws save lives. They absolutely do,” he added. 

Kerr publicly backed Biden in 2020 when Biden was running against Trump, who was seeking re-election. 

Kerr has been in Biden’s corner since Biden was elected, too. Kerr was a surprise guest at an APEC event in November 2023, where he introduced Biden. Kerr also joined Vice President Kamala Harris last week to speak to students about gun violence. 

Kerr hopes Biden’s re-election will lead to those “commonsense laws” he believes Americans, no matter their political affiliation, will benefit from. 

Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr, right, said it was a “simple choice” to back Joe Biden for president.  (Getty Images)

“We can protect the Second Amendment, but we can also protect our citizens with some really simple laws,” Kerr said. “But we just have to get everybody on board. It’s such a political hot button, but it’s really not a common thought in our country that this is a controversial issue. It’s not. As I said, 80% of people want universal background checks. We should have that. That alone would save hundreds, if not thousands, of lives every year in America.”

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