Former ESPN commentator Sam Ponder is blasting an opposing school for allowing a transgender player to compete against her daughter’s all-girls team, calling the situation “maddening.”
Sam Ponder left cable sports network ESPN almost a year ago, and now she is speaking out about how and why the network fired her.
Last week, ESPN’s Kirk Herbstreit made his opposition to allowing men to compete in women’s sports well-known, and since then, Herbstreit says no one has spoken to him about it.
ESPN’s Sam Ponder jumped to Twitter Thursday to praise former University of Pennsylvania swimmer Paula Scanlon for her emotional testimony.
ESPN has announced that it will raise a transgender pride flag at its Connecticut headquarters on Thursday in celebration of Gay Pride Month.
ESPN commentator Samantha Ponder is siding with former college swimming champion Riley Gaines in her opposition to trans athletes.