# @thesagesteeleshow on YouTube - **Type:** Video - **Original URL:** https://youtube.com/watch?v=Q7MftKfdrSM - **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/68623984-thesagesteeleshow-youtube - **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/f00607cc48.jpg - **Posted:** 2026-07-29T17:00:39.000+00:00 - **Account Owner:** The Sage Steele Show (@thesagesteeleshow) — https://gondola.cc/thesagesteeleshow ## Caption Sage Steele sits down with Dan Dakich, the former Indiana Hoosier, longtime ESPN college basketball analyst, and host of Don't At Me on Outkick, for one of the most candid conversations she has had on the show. Dakich tells the Bob Knight story he has kept private for 40 years, including the night in the locker room that nearly ended his career, and reflects on 16 complicated years with the legendary coach, the recruiting visit that broke their relationship, and how he made peace with it before Knight passed. He and Sage compare notes on their overlapping years at ESPN, what really changed the network after 2020, why leadership failed at the highest levels, and the Ryan Clark saga. Then Dakich unloads on the WNBA, the mishandling of Caitlin Clark and Sophie Cunningham, the America 250 patch decision, and why a lack of leadership is costing the league its biggest moment. He closes with the loss of his father, the legal-pad reckoning that changed how he lives, and the two-word family motto that has carried him through firings, divorce, and everything else. New episodes of The Sage Steele Show every week. Chapters 00:00 - Bob Knight & Michael Jordan 05:50 - Bob Knight Mentoring Men 10:10 - Bitter Break Up With Knight 18:45 - Dark Side Of Bob Knight 21:11 - Indiana Football National Champions 23:40 - Working At ESPN Together 27:39 - Summer Of George Floyd Ruined ESPN Culture 30:58 - Double Standard At ESPN 33:40 - Ryan Clark's Lies About Race 37:55 - Ryan Clark Plays The Victim 39:40 - Be A Man In 2026 42:15 - Can ESPN Be Saved? 47:00 - Woke WNBA Whiners 48:10 - Players Refuse To Wear America 250 Patch 49:15 - Caitlin Clark Jealousy 51:05 - WNBA Commissioner Needs To Go 53:01 - WNBA Media Has An Agenda 54:00 - Indiana Fever Franchise Blowing It 01:01:35 - Caitlin Clark Plays In Europe? 01:04:22 - WNBA Marketing Stinks 01:05:05 - Sophie Cunningham Speaks The Truth 01:06:44 - Lebron To Philly 01:10:00 - Mike Brown Is Legit 01:11:00 - Life After ESPN Is Good 01:12:10 - Dakich On Losing His Dad Sponsors: Head over to https://angel.com/sage and check out the watchlist I put together. Save 20% Off Honeylove by going to https://honeylove.com/SAGE! #honeylovepod Your $17.76 3-week QuickStart is ready for you! Visit https://www.relieffactor.com/ or call 800-4-RELIEF. Use my link to sign up and receive a $100 funding bonus when you create and fund your account: https://www.itrustcapital.com/go/sagesteele BTS on Patreon: http://bit.ly/4nLmOSk The Sage Steele Show is a weekly podcast hosted by former ESPN anchor Sage Steele. Each week, Sage sits down with entertainers, athletes, business people, and politicians to have deep dive personal one on one discussions that enlighten, entertain, and engage. There’s a whole big world out there that’s not just sports, and Sage wants to talk about all of it. #sagesteelepodcast #sagesteele #podcast #espn Subscribe to the Channel for more Podcasts like this! Listen to the Show on all Podcast Apps "The Sage Steele Show" https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sage-steele-show/id1737682826 Follow Sage: https://www.sagesteele.com https://x.com/sagesteele https://www.instagram.com/sagesteele https://www.tiktok.com/@officialsagesteele https://rumble.com/c/SageSteeleProductions ## Stats - **Views:** 58,708 - **Likes:** 1,922 - **Shares:** 0 - **Comments:** 274 ## Tags honeylovepod, sagesteelepodcast, espn, sagesteele, podcast --- Copyright (c) Gondola