The Sage Steele Show

On October 16, the WNBA told Congress that Enes Kanter Freedom is ineligible to play because he is a man. We recorded this before that letter existed, and he had already called it.
Enes has declared himself eligible for the 2027 WNBA draft. He walks me through what he found in Article 13 of the collective bargaining agreement, why he says the league asked for months just to decide what a woman is, the eight other men he says are ready to file if the rules do not change, the one word the league could add that would make him walk away for good, and why he insists this is a pro-women position rather than an anti-trans one.
We also get into the career that ended first. Third overall pick, eleven seasons, more than one hundred million dollars in salary, and it was over at twenty nine because he wrote three words on a pair of Michael Jordan sneakers and would not stop talking about China. What his agent told him on the phone the day he understood it was finished. Why his own teammates asked for a separate bus. And why he has not spoken to his mother in almost fourteen years.
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Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
02:46 - Enes Freedom's Journey From the NBA to the 2027 WNBA Draft
05:00 - Why Enes Says He's Eligible to Play in the WNBA
08:42 - Why the WNBA Won't Define What a Woman Is
11:04 - Death Threats, the FBI & Backlash for Defending Women's Sports
16:14 - Why Enes Refuses to Give Up on Women's Sports
19:40 - Locker Rooms, Showers & Following the WNBA's Own Rules
21:42 - Adam Silver, WNBA Leadership & What Happens Next
22:58 - Sophie Cunningham, Natasha Cloud & the Chicago Sky Incident
29:07 - What NBA Players Really Say Behind Closed Doors
33:10 - Kevin Durant, Money & Why Athletes Stay Silent
37:04 - Enes' Lawsuit Against the Chicago Sky
40:58 - How Speaking Out Against Nike & China Ended His NBA Career
45:20 - Slave Labor, China & Why Enes Kept Speaking Out
48:55 - Losing His Career, His Family & Feeling Completely Alone
53:03 - Mental Health, Faith & Surviving the Lowest Point of His Life
56:36 - How the U.S. Government Trained Enes to Deal With Dictatorships
59:23 - LeBron James, Daryl Morey & the NBA's China Problem
01:04:36 - Inside the NBA Bubble: COVID, Kneeling & League Politics
01:09:49 - Marijuana, OnlyFans & What Really Happened in the Bubble
01:12:01 - The Recordings Enes Says Could Expose the NBA
01:15:52 - What Americans Don't Understand About Freedom
01:19:58 - Why Enes Changed His Last Name to Freedom
01:21:04 - Steven Adams, Jaylen Brown & Who Actually Supported Him
01:24:47 - Growing Up Around Anti-Americanism After 9/11
01:27:02 - How Speaking Out Put Enes' Family in Danger
01:29:22 - Why He Hasn't Spoken to His Parents in Nearly 14 Years
01:32:43 - Why Enes Is Single & Who He Turns to When He Has No One
01:38:21 - The Legacy Enes Freedom Wants to Leave Behind
01:40:30 - His Book, His Future & Final Thoughts
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Tony Dungy joins Sage Steele for 100 minutes, nearly three decades after she first covered his Buccaneers as a young reporter in Tampa. He explains what happened at the end of his 17 years at NBC Sports, why he never asked permission before speaking at the March for Life, and what the network told him afterward. He also says plainly what he does and does not know about why the run ended.
Along the way he tells the stories that made him one of the most respected coaches in NFL history. The sign that hung in his locker room for 13 years. The offer he made every new player, to trade anyone who needed to be screamed at, and the fact that in 13 years nobody took it. What Chuck Noll and Dan Rooney told him as a 21-year-old rookie in Pittsburgh that became his entire coaching philosophy. Warrick Dunn winning Rookie of the Year while raising three teenage siblings. Peyton Manning checking the 14-day forecast before the Super Bowl. And what Warren Sapp did in the locker room the first game after Dungy was fired.
Plus: why he was cut from the Pro Football Hall of Fame voting committee, what he will and will not say about the Bill Belichick vote, All Pro Dad after almost 30 years, twelve children with nine adopted, and why he will not run for office.
Tony Dungy, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the Indianapolis Colts, and a legacy built on how you do things.
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Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
00:53 - Sage & Tony Reunite Nearly 30 Years After Tampa
02:44 - Tony Dungy on His NBC Sports Exit After 17 Years
19:44 - Warren Sapp, Derrick Brooks & Building Tampa's Culture
28:10 - Getting Fired by the Buccaneers
32:52 - Watching Tampa Win the Super Bowl Without Him
44:04 - Coaching Peyton Manning & His Obsession With Preparation
50:55 - Mike Tomlin, Lovie Smith & Tony Dungy's Coaching Tree
55:48 - Race, Representation & Becoming the First Black Coach to Win a Super Bowl
01:06:43 - Foster Care, Adoption & Raising a Huge Family
01:12:31 - Losing His Son James to Suicide
01:24:04 - NBC's Reaction to Tony Speaking at the March for Life
01:27:25 - Did His Beliefs Ultimately Cost Him His NBC Job?
01:29:13 - Why Tony Was Removed From the Hall of Fame Voting Committee
01:35:50 - Would Tony Dungy Ever Run for Office?
01:37:36 - Why He'll Never Coach Again & What He's Most Proud Of
01:43:50 - The Story of His Son Justin & Tony's Legacy
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The Sage Steele Show is a weekly podcast hosted by former ESPN anchor Sage Steele. Each week, Sage sits down with entertainers, athletes, business people, and politicians to have deep dive personal one on one discussions that enlighten, entertain, and engage. There's a whole big world out there that's not just sports, and Sage wants to talk about all of it.
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Emily Austin is 25 years old, hosts her own sports show, judged Miss Universe, and after October 7th she says she lost nearly every brand deal she had. On this episode of the Sage Steele Show she tells me what happened the day after the attack, why she thinks the adults are the problem and not her generation, what Bobby Kennedy Jr. told her over dinner about who knew about the Holocaust, and what her grandfather learned in Bulgaria about his own neighbor.
She also gets into the campus panel where protesters pulled keffiyehs and drums out of their backpacks, the six hours she spent handing them the microphone, why she argues against a two state solution, what Zionism actually means to her, and the Saudi man who hated Jews and is now one of her closest friends.
Then the conversation turns to work. Emily explains why Miss Universe, Puma, and Sports Illustrated all stopped calling, what a network executive told her agent about how she voted, what the networks quietly edit out of postgame interviews, and why she thinks men in sports media stayed silent. She closes with the story of her mother's ultimatum, the night Jim Gray showed her a pile of a hundred rejection letters, and the one yes that started her career.
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Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
02:24 - Meet Emily Austin
02:50 - October 7th & The Moment Everything Changed
11:16 - Gen Z, College Campuses & The Rise of Antisemitism
21:55 - Why Emily Refuses to Be Afraid to Speak Up
28:20 - Why Emily Is Worried About Gen Z
30:40 - Education, Indoctrination & Where Values Really Come From
36:54 - Motherhood, Discipline & Raising Kids in Today's Culture
43:26 - Gender Ideology, Schools & Parental Responsibility
48:48 - Empathy vs. Accountability
52:18 - Israel, Zionism & When Criticism Becomes Antisemitism
57:16 - Influencers, Charlie Kirk & Why Real Conversations Matter
01:01:07 - Would Emily Austin Ever Run for Office?
01:02:35 - How Emily Got Access to Trump, Rubio & Other Political Leaders
01:06:28 - Private Conversations With World Leaders & The Future of Gaza
01:11:12 - Has Speaking Out Hurt Emily's Sports Broadcasting Career?
01:17:28 - Women's Sports & Why So Many Athletes Stay Silent
01:28:01 - Billie Eilish, ICE & Celebrity Hypocrisy
01:35:18 - Social Media, Celebrity Obsession & Bad Parenting
01:40:21 - How Faith Guides Emily's Life
01:44:21 - Pretty Privilege, Rejection & Breaking Into Sports Media
01:47:25 - The Jim Gray Conversation That Changed Emily's Career
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The Sage Steele Show is a weekly podcast hosted by former ESPN anchor Sage Steele. Each week, Sage sits down with entertainers, athletes, business people, and politicians to have deep dive personal one on one discussions that enlighten, entertain, and engage. There's a whole big world out there that's not just sports, and Sage wants to talk about all of it.
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Bruce Pearl joins Sage Steele for ninety minutes on the fall almost nobody remembers correctly. In 2011 he was fired at Tennessee after admitting he lied to the NCAA. He lost an $11 million contract, went through a divorce, and took a job putting product into convenience stores while doing overnight radio. He tells Sage what his daughter Leah said to him during that stretch, and why he says it meant more than any championship.
He also tells the story of how Auburn happened, including the trick his wife played on him the night before the interview that changed everything. Eleven years later he retired as the winningest coach in Auburn basketball history and handed the program to his own son.
The second half goes wider. Bruce Pearl on why he believes coaches and administrators, himself included, blew the NIL era, and what a $4 million roster becoming a $30 million roster does to college sports. On growing up Jewish in 1960s Boston, the grandfather who refused to evict his tenants, and why black recruits and their families kept saying yes to him. And on why he walked away from coaching to speak publicly about Israel, faith, and the country he wants his grandchildren to inherit.
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The Sage Steele Show is a weekly podcast hosted by former ESPN anchor Sage Steele. Each week, Sage sits down with entertainers, athletes, business people, and politicians to have deep dive personal one on one discussions that enlighten, entertain, and engage. There's a whole big world out there that's not just sports, and Sage wants to talk about all of it.
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Sage Steele sits down with fitness icon Jillian Michaels for a wide-ranging conversation that starts where her career began: health and fitness. Jillian explains why the explosion of online fitness advice has made it harder, not easier, to know what actually works, and gives her honest, nuanced take on the rise of GLP-1 medications like Ozempic and why she only cautiously recommends them to close friends under very specific circumstances. She breaks down practical, affordable grocery guidance using the Clean 15 and Dirty Dozen lists, and shares the personal story behind her own transformation, from a childhood shaped by her parents' divorce and food as a coping mechanism, to her mother enrolling her in martial arts at 12, the decision that changed the course of her life. Jillian and Sage also touch on how public conversations have grown more difficult and personal in recent years. A candid conversation about health, resilience, and speaking your mind on The Sage Steele Show. New episodes every week. The views expressed are the guest's own.
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The Sage Steele Show is a weekly podcast hosted by former ESPN anchor Sage Steele. Each week, Sage sits down with entertainers, athletes, business people, and politicians to have deep dive personal one on one discussions that enlighten, entertain, and engage. There's a whole big world out there that's not just sports, and Sage wants to talk about all of it.
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