Tomi Lahren defends OutKick’s ESPN scoop, torches Jemele Hill, backs Sophie Cunningham
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Jemele Hill went after OutKick following our coverage of the departure of ESPN host Ryan Clark.
Tomi Lahren he responded with a blowtorch.
On Thursday, Lahren appeared in both”Tomi Lahren Fearless” and “America Reports.” The two matchups touched on two of the week’s biggest sports stories: Jemele Hill’s outrage over OutKick’s reporting and Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham doubling down on her support for protecting women’s sports from transgender athletes after the WNBA media predictably lost their minds on Wednesday.
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Jemele Hill speaks onstage during the 56th NAACP Image Awards Hosted Hollywood House Symposium at the Museum of Tolerance on February 19, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Monica Schipper/Getty Images)
Lahren started with Cunningham and praised the Firekeepers for refusing to back down from what she called a matter of common sense:
“Good for her because she did two very important things in this speech. First, she said what should have been common sense: women’s sports should be for women, and girls’ sports should be for girls. … But perhaps even more impressive is that she didn’t back down. She didn’t hold back her statement when the woke crowd came for her. … To my knowledge, she is the only active female professional athlete willing to take the political and social risk to say something that should be such common sense.”
Indiana Fever superstars Sophie Cunningham and Caitlin Clark are arguably the two most popular players in the WNBA. (NBAE via Getty Images)
Sophie Cunningham announced the round will take place during her lightweight fight at UFC 329 on July 11, 2026, at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nev. (Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC)
Jemele Hill criticized OutKick when we broke news of ESPN’s latest layoffs before the network announced them publicly. We are told that journalism has finally gone too far.
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Hill wanted OutKick dead and said he needed to be hospitalized just for laughing.
So Lahren blamed Jemele.
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“Jemele was so upset that OutKick found out about ESPN’s talent roster changes.
Sorry Jemele, some people are reporting OutKick and some are devastated by the news. That would be you.
It’s worth noting that Jemele is an ESPN personality herself, but her race-baiting nonsense was too much for even them to handle.
Jemele seems to have genuine disdain for white people, but it’s clear she doesn’t have the same distaste for blonde hair.
But he’s right about one thing.
OutKick is where vigilantes go to die. “Unlike Jemele and most of the sports media, we cover sports and culture accurately.”
OutKick founder Clay Travis summed up Tomi’s response: “force it!”
Even Stephen A. Smith has taken positions on women’s sports that would have been unthinkable a few years ago on ESPN.
Hill is still defending the media playbook that his old industry continues to jettison.
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Meanwhile, Cunningham isn’t backing down. Neither is OutKick.
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