{"id":4062,"date":"2024-11-03T12:06:57","date_gmt":"2024-11-03T12:06:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=4062"},"modified":"2024-11-03T12:06:57","modified_gmt":"2024-11-03T12:06:57","slug":"ex-espn-anchor-slams-gutless-nfl-star-over-donald-trump-gesture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=4062","title":{"rendered":"Ex-ESPN anchor slams &#8216;gutless&#8217; NFL star over Donald Trump gesture"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"js-article-text\">\n<ul>\n<li class=\"\"><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0NBC leaves NFL fans furious after &#8216;censoring&#8217; Bosa&#8217;s MAGA cameo<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Follow DailyMail.com&#8217;s presidential election live blog for all the latest news and updates<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>By Oliver Salt<\/p>\n<p>Published:<time datetime=\"2024-11-02T15:45:49+0000\"> 11:45 EST, 2 November 2024 <\/time> | Updated: <time datetime=\"2024-11-02T15:48:59+0000\"> 11:48 EST, 2 November 2024 <\/time><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Former ESPN anchor Jemele Hill has ripped into Nick Bosa after the NFL star refused to explain his decision to wear a &#8216;MAGA&#8217; hat in support of Donald Trump this week.<\/p>\n<p>After helping the San Francisco 49ers claim victory over the Dallas Cowboys on Monday Night Football,\u00a0Bosa crashed teammates\u00a0Brock Purdy, George Kittle and Isaac Guerendo&#8217;s post-game interview with NBC to point to his &#8216;Make America Great Again&#8217; cap ahead of next week&#8217;s election.<\/p>\n<p>The 49ers defensive end sparked controversy by endorsing Trump on live television, with some of the team&#8217;s fans even taking aim at him on social media.<\/p>\n<p>When asked about his decision to wear the hat, Bosa remained tight-lipped and refused to expand on why he did so.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I&#8217;m not gonna talk too much about it, but I think it&#8217;s an important time,&#8217; he said on the podium with a different cap on his head.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Nick Bosa (center) has been labeled &#8216;gutless&#8217; after refusing to explain why he wore a MAGA hat<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>After his coy response, Bosa has received heavy criticism from ex-TV host Hill, who branded him gutless on social media while heaping praise on basketball legend LeBron James.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week LeBron endorsed Kamala Harris by sharing a controversial anti-Trump video on social media, and when quizzed on it by reporters he elaborated on his political stance on Friday night.<\/p>\n<p>Hill, who sparked outrage by referring to Trump as a &#8216;white supremacist&#8217; in 2017, quoted a clip of his explanation and wrote on X: &#8216;Oh look, LeBron was asked about a public political statement that he made and he explained IN DETAIL why he did it. Nick Bosa doesn\u2019t have the guts to do this.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Bosa has been an outspoken supporter of Trump\u00a0in the past &#8211; sharing content endorsing the former president before he was picked second overall by the 49ers in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>He was chosen much to the ire of San Francisco&#8217;s more liberal fans in the Bay Area, where Harris hails from.<\/p>\n<p>Some 49ers fans\u00a0reacted with fury over their decision to draft Bosa\u00a0five years ago\u00a0due to his reputation as a Trump supporter and his history of &#8216;insensitive&#8217; posts on social media.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Bosa remained tight-lipped after gatecrashing an interview wearing a pro-Trump cap<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Ex-ESPN anchor Jemele Hill claimed LeBron James showed the NFL star how it should be done<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Hill sparked outrage with a series of posts referring to Trump as a &#8216;white supremacist&#8217; in 2017<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The NFL will reportedly not suspend Bosa over his decision to wear a pro-Trump hat during a post-game interview.<\/p>\n<p>According to\u00a0CBS Sports&#8217; Jonathan Jones, the 27-year-old won&#8217;t face a ban over the move &#8211; though he could be fined.<\/p>\n<p>That decision will reportedly not be made until later next week, after the presidential election on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Jones also noted that the NFL does have a rule that prohibits players from displaying messages &#8216;which relate to political activities or causes.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Notably, Bosa changed out of his MAGA cap for his postgame press conference and declined to speak much about his decision to wear it when pressed by a reporter.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After helping the 49ers claim victory over the Cowboys,\u00a0Bosa crashed teammates\u00a0Brock Purdy, George Kittle and Isaac Guerendo&#8217;s post-game interview with NBC to point to his &#8216;MAGA&#8217; cap.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":4064,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[176,188,9,182],"class_list":["post-4062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl","tag-dailymail","tag-donald-trump","tag-nfl","tag-sport"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ex-ESPN anchor slams &#039;gutless&#039; 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