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Many in the world of sport were shooking for the murder of Charlie Kirk on Wednesday.
Numerous figures, including Jake Paul, Julian Edelman, Jaxson Dart and more offered their prayers and condolences to Kirk, who was killed at 31.
However, the former ESPN analyst Sage Steele called Leagues and teams to remain silent, unlike what they did when George Floyd was killed.
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The Sage Steele trustee listens during the meeting of the Trustee Board of the University of Indiana at the Henke Hall of Champions in the Stadium Memorial on the Campus of the University of Indiana Bloomington on June 12, 2025, while Charlie Kirk speaks on the stage of America Fest 2024 in Phoenix, Arizona, on December 22, 2024. (IMAGN/GETTY IMAGES)
“Dear Sports Pro Leagues: I hope to see you release statements and send condolences to the family of Charlie Kirk after he was killed by his political beliefs. You know, as you did when the career criminal George Floyd died, Steele posted on social networks.
She tagged the NFL, NBA, WNBA, MLB and NHL in her position. Pak Gazette Digital contacted the leagues to comment.
Steele praised the New York Yankees for maintaining a moment of silence for the activist.
The local Minnesota teams also offered condolences when two Democratic legislators were killed earlier this year.
Other sports figures that intervened after Kirk initially filmed included the NFL Brett Favre legend, former Pittsburgh Steelers star Teixeira, Kansas City Chiefs ButKer, Boxerer, Boxerer, Boxerer, Boxerer, Boxerer, Boxer. Ryan GarcíaAuburn’s basketball coach, Bruce Pearl, former MLB launcher John Rocker, sports announcer Michelle Tafoya and Sports Illustrated Albert Breer journalist.
Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, speaks during a campaign demonstration for the then republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in Desert Diamond Arena on August 23, 2024, in Glendale, Arizona (Rebecca Noble/Getty images)
The world of sport reacts to Charlie Kirk shooting death: ‘Prayers for his family’
President Donald Trump announced Kirk’s death at 4:40 pm et on Wednesday.
“The great, and even legendary, Charlie Kirk, is dead. No one understood or had the heart of young people in the United States of America better than Charlie. He was loved and admired by all, especially me, and now he is not with us. Trump wrote.
The video published in the event seemed to show Kirk filming while talking with the crowd from under a white emerging tent.
Charlie Kirk appears at the University of Utah Valley on September 10, 2025 in OEM, Utah. Kirk, founder of Turning Point USA, was talking in his “American Comingback Tour” when he was shot in his neck and killed him. (Trent Nelson/The Salt Lake Tribune/Getty Images)
Kirk had been scheduled to appear at the University of Utah Valley on Wednesday as part of his “American Comeback Tour”, with another stop at Utah State University at the end of this month.
