Sage Steele has been replaced by Michelle Beadle on ESPN's "NBA Countdown."
Steele has been with ESPN for a decade, and has been at the center of several controversies in recent months regarding her conservative political views. In January, Steele came under fire when she complained about protesters of President Donald Trump's travel ban, causing her to miss her flights.
She also faced heat for abruptly ending an interview with Arcade Fire lead singer Win Butler after he voiced his left-leaning political opinions at the NBA's Celebrity All-Star Game, and for criticizing NFL players' decision not to kneel for the National Anthem.
Most recently, Steele found herself in hot water after saying at a conference in February that the "worst racism that I have received ... is from black people."
"There are times that I believe that we, as African-Americans, can be hypocritical, and that is to not look ourselves in the mirror when we are saying certain things and blaming other groups for one thing when we are doing the exact same thing," she added.
The staffing shake-up comes amid the network's newly-issued guidelines aimed to limit on-air talent's political commentary.
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