The sports media who are conservative either converted or kept their yappers shut until they were established enough to speak up.
Truth is that most conservatives don’t even want to cheerlead their side of politics when they watch sports. They just want competent people talking about the game.
The left can’t separate their Socialism from any aspect of life, and they were trained to view everything this way from their Marxist professors. I had multiple assignments in college to apply a political and social critique on every day things, like grocery shopping.