Sage Steele

About

Sage Marie Steele (born November 28, 1972) is a former television anchor and co-host of the 12 noon (ET) SportsCenter on ESPN. She also hosted SportsCenter on the Road from various sporting events such as the Super Bowl and The Masters, and NBA Countdown on ESPN and ABC for four seasons, ending in 2017. For five years prior to the NBA assignment, Steele was a full-time host of SportsCenter, ESPN’s flagship show, and had previously contributed to ESPN First Take, Mike & Mike in the Morning, and SportsNation. Steele hosted SportsCenter’s daytime coverage of the NBA Finals in 2012 and 2013, and covered every NBA Finals from 2012 to 2020.

Steele is the daughter of Gary and Mona (O’Neil) Steele. Her father is African American and her mother is of Irish-Italian descent. Gary Steele became the first Black varsity football player at West Point during the mid-1960s. He was inducted into the Army Sports Hall of Fame in 2013 for his standout career on the Black Knights football and track & field teams. He retired from the army as a colonel after a career of 23 years.
Sage Steele was born in 1972 into an American Army family living in the Panama Canal Zone. Steele has two brothers…