Top sports journalists from ESPN to Fox Sports blasted the Washington Post and owner Jeff Bezos online over a report the newspaper is planning to decimate its sports desk.

Stephen joined ESPN in 2022, covering the Indianapolis Colts and NFL at large. Stephen finished first place in column writing in the 2015 Indiana Associated Press Media Editors competition, and he is a previous top-10 winner in explanatory journalism in the Associated Press Sports Editors national contest.