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‘Mr. Pfizer’ chant breaks out during The Pat McAfee Show in Utah
"Don't forget, this is John Stockon state."
Dr. Céline Gounder, Grant Wahl’s wife, responds to ‘disinformation opportunists’ spreading vaccine lies
"Grant will be remembered for his kindness, openness, and generosity."
Stephen A. Smith discusses vaccines with Bill Maher, talks COVID bout: ‘Damn thing almost killed me.’
"If this doesn't work, we're going to have to call your family, we're probably going to have to put you on a respirator, you're in pretty damn bad shape."
Ex-ESPN reporter Allison Williams launches Daily Wire series to push back on ‘wokeness’ of sports
"My name is Allison Williams. I was a host and reporter at ESPN, but forced off the sidelines for refusing the COVID vaccine."
Aaron Rodgers hates the binary news media, won’t go on CNN or Fox News
"I wouldn’t do CNN just like I wouldn’t do Fox News. I have no desire to be a part of this"
John Smoltz is no longer with MLBN after refusing to get vaccinated, but they “continue to talk with him about returning this season”
"John is not currently an MLB Network analyst, but we continue to talk with him about returning this season."
Domonique Foxworth says Aaron Rodgers has a “victim complex,” compares him to Jon Hamm’s dumb 30 Rock character
"It just feels like he has this victim complex, that he wants everyone to feel sorry for him. He's like 'No, everyone's jumping down my throat because I said something that was vastly against science and dangerous! Why are you so mean to me?!'"
ESPN and CBS are both mandating that workers covering games and events get a vaccine booster shot by Jan. 24
"We are implementing this to be consistent at all sports venues as a growing number of events are requiring boosters."
Emilio Estevez says “I am not anti-vaxx…I’m anti-bully,” cites “creative differences” for Mighty Ducks: Game Changers exit
Estevez says "My exit from the show was due to a myriad of creative differences – any other narrative is false," but he doesn't actually address if he met the vaccine mandate that would have been required for him to continue on the show.
‘Saturday Night Live’ cold open skewers ‘more or less immunized’ Aaron Rodgers
"At the end of the day, my record is still 7-1. Meaning, of the eight people I've infected, seven are fine."
Pat McAfee provided Aaron Rodgers with the perfect, or worst, platform, depending on how you see it
McAfee certainly let Rodgers get out his full comments, but whether that's good or bad for Rodgers is a matter of opinion.
Emilio Estevez is off “The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers” after refusing to provide assurances he’d comply with vaccine mandate
Deadline's Nellie Andreeva reported ABC Signature "made the decision not to pick up Estevez’s option for Season 2 after weeks of back and forth with his team over the show’s Covid vaccination requirement."
Aaron Rodgers goes on The Pat McAfee Show, claims he “didn’t lie,” “it was a witch hunt,” says he’s allergic to mRNA vaccines
"I realize I’m in the crosshairs of the woke mob right now, so before the final nail gets put in my cancel culture casket, I think I’d like to set the record straight on some of the blatant lies that are out there about myself right now."
NFL sideline reporter Michele Tafoya clashes with ‘The View’ hosts over Colin Kaepernick, vaccines, & more
“If they believed he could win them a Super Bowl, [Kaepernick] would be on a team right now. I promise you that."
Allison Williams is leaving ESPN over COVID-19 vaccine mandate, says “I am so morally and ethically not aligned with this.”
"In addition to the medical apprehensions regarding my desire to have another child in regards to receiving this injection¹, I am also so morally and ethically not aligned with this. And I've had to really dig deep and analyze my values and my morals, and ultimately I need to put them first."
Sage Steele says ESPN’s vaccine mandate is ‘sick’ and ‘scary to me in many ways’
"I didn't want to do it. But I work for a company that mandates it and I had until September 30 to get it done or I'm out."
NHL will require media and broadcast personnel interacting with players to be vaccinated and masked
"The memo also said all media and broadcast personnel (both in-house and third party) who are interacting with players or hockey operations personnel must be fully vaccinated and masked at all times during such interactions."
Wake Forest becomes the latest school to mandate vaccinations for media members interviewing athletes
The Demon Deacons are the latest school to require their in-person media corps to be vaccinated.
Rich Eisen posts about fighting COVID-19 symptoms despite full vaccination, encourages others to get vaccinated
"As someone sitting Day 4 in quarantine fighting off symptoms, I can personally attest you still need to be careful and, most importantly, get vaccinated. ...Every health care professional I’ve come across in the last few days tell me the two shots of Pfizer I got in February are what’s keeping a 52-year-old like me from a far worse experience than the awful one I’m having."
ESPN is hosting a COVID-19 vaccination clinic on its campus, with more than 500 local teachers and childcare workers already vaccinated there
"We are very proud to partner with BBHD to provide a safe place where we can facilitate the vaccinations of thousands of our citizens."