Sage Steele
TOUGHNESS
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“Help me to choose the harder right instead of the easier wrong, and never tell the half truth when the whole can be one.”
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“God’s leadership is admitting when you made a mistake.”
So great to have my friend @sagesteele back home! She’s is doing a phenomenal job speaking at #EDGEX2019! @WISH_TV @EDGEMentoring @espn pic.twitter.com/f338YCYqqJ
— Anthony Calhoun 📺 (@ACwishtv) October 4, 2019
Diversity includes thought. Diversity of thought. Having different opinions. –@SageSteele@edgementoring #EDGEX2019 pic.twitter.com/vTWAIRjesS
— Jess Hooker (@JessHooker_) October 4, 2019
About Sage
Sage Steele is one of ESPN’s most popular and respected commentators, currently serving as the anchor for the 6 p.m. ET SportsCenter with her co-anchor Kevin Negandhi. Steele also serves as the lead host for SportsCenter on the Road. Steele, who joined ESPN in 2007, served as a regular anchor of SportsCenter until 2013. She also hosted the Scripps National Spelling Bee from 2010-2013. In addition to SportsCenter, she also has contributed to First Take and Mike & Mike, and has been a guest co-host of ESPN2’s SportsNation. Steele also hosted ABC and ESPN’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve during the inaugural College Football Playoff.
Beyond her work for ESPN, Steele has co-hosted ABC’s telecast of the Miss America pageant since 2016 and has been a featured guest host on ABC’s The View. In 2015, Steele added ‘mommy blogger’ to her job portfolio, contributing several stories to Disney-owned Babble. She has also been a guest on Jimmy Kimmel Live and has been profiled by Rolling Stone, Wall Street Journal, Vibe and Huffington Post, to name a few.
Steele began her television career at WSBT-TV in South Bend, Ind., as a producer and reporter (1995-1997). She then moved to WISH-TV in Indianapolis where she was a beat reporter for the Indianapolis Colts and the Indiana Pacers, in addition to covering the 1997 NCAA Men’s Final Four, NASCAR and the IndyCar Series.
Steele graduated from Indiana University in 1995 with a Bachelor of Science degree in sports communications. In her spare time, Steele is a board member for the Pat Tillman Foundation and is passionate about working alongside military veterans. She enjoys horseback riding and spending time with her husband and three children.