San Francisco 49ers long snapper Taybor Pepper hasn’t been shy about voicing his thoughts on social media. On Thursday, he weighed in on an Olympics misinformation campaign and took aim at one of ESPN’s highest-paid personalities.
Pepper effectively told Pat McAfee to shut up while quoting an X post from McAfee’s show where the host spent nearly six minutes discussing Algerian boxer Imane Khelif. On Thursday, Khelif won her first matchup in the women’s welterweight division, besting Angela Carini of Italy in 46 seconds after Carini abandoned the match. The victory — and the way it happened, with Carini bowing out so quickly — tapped into years of baseless speculation about Khelif’s gender.