"NFL Sunday Countdown" host Samantha Ponder and football analyst Robert Griffin III have been laid off by ESPN, according to ...

ESPN layoffs continue to reshape sports media with Disney's 2023 cost-cutting plans, as personalities like Zach Lowe, RGIII, ...

Sam Ponder no longer works for ESPN but her thoughts are with one of her former colleagues this week. Ponder, 39, had several roles at ESPN before becoming the host of Sunday NFL Countdown in 2017.

Steele isn’t alone at ESPN in publically pushing back on transgender athletes competing in girls’ and women’s sports. Sunday NFL Countdown host Sam Ponder has also stepped fully into the fray.