Former sports broadcaster Michele Tafoya took to her X account to give her thoughts on recent comments made by ESPN reporter Mina Kimes. In an episode of the Pablo Torre Finds Out podcast, Kimes talked about Minnesota Governor and Vice-Presidential candidate Tim Walz.
“There’s something, to me, really important about seeing someone like this modeling a different kind of masculinity,” Kimes said. “We’re kind of seeing it in the NFL with the Kelces, and Dan Campbell — this idea that ‘big, tough football guy’ isn’t separate from showing emotion and empathy.”
In a response to the interview OutKick posted an article wondering why former ESPN talent Sage Steele was suspended in 2021 for breaking a company rule against discussing politics which she did on an outside podcast. OutKick said they asked for comment from ESPN but did not receive anything back.
Tafoya, who spent more than a decade with NBC, wrote on her X account in response to the OutKick story, “I am sincerely embarrassed for Mina Kimes. And how pathetic that her kind of “masculinity” means more than the candidate’s record, which is abysmal. Sincerely, A Minnesotan.”
