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

ESPN has fired football analyst Robert Griffin III and host Samantha Ponder, a person familiar with the situation told CNN on ...

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.

Stephen A. Smith's five-year, $100 million deal with ESPN could spell the end for familiar faces at the network—much like the ...

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.