Longtime national TV broadcaster Sage Steele is now the host of The Sage Steele Show on YouTube and all podcast platforms. Previously, she was a fixture at ESPN from 2007-2023, primarily hosting the network’s flagship show, SportsCenter.
Throughout the years, Steele has hosted a variety of shows and countless live events, including SportsCenter's coverage of the Super Bowl, The Masters, The NBA Finals, the World Series, and several other national and international sporting events. During her 16-year tenure at ESPN, Steele was also the lead host of the network's NBA coverage, hosting NBA Countdown on ESPN & ABC from 2013-2017 before returning to her SportsCenter roots.
Outside of the sports world, Sage has hosted a variety of events, including The Scripps National Spelling Bee, The Miss America Pageant on ABC, The Tournament of Roses Parade on ABC, Dick Clark's 2016 New Year's Rockin' Eve Special "Volcano Live with Nik Wallenda" as the famous daredevil walked a tightrope across a live volcano in Nicaragua in 2019 on ABC.
Through the years, Sage has been a featured guest host on ABC's The View, a guest on Jimmy Kimmel Live, and profiled by numerous publications, including Rolling Stone, Variety, The Wall Street Journal, Vibe, and Huffington Post, to name just a few.
Before her ESPN success, Sage's journalism career began in 1995 upon graduation from Indiana University. She held producing, reporting, and anchoring roles in local markets—South Bend, IN (WSBT-TV), Indianapolis, IN (WISH-TV), and Tampa, FL (WFTS-TV)—before landing similar roles at regional television networks in Tampa (Fox Sports Florida) and Washington, DC/Baltimore (Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic).
Passionate about giving back, Sage is proud to have served on the board of directors of The Boys & Girls Club of America and as a board member of The V Foundation for Cancer Research. She proudly serves on the Board of Trustees of her alma mater, Indiana University. Most importantly, Steele is the proud mother of 3 children —ages 23, 21, and 19 —and resides in Florida.
