Sage Steele

Name	Sage Steele
Caption	Steele in February 2010.
Birth date	November 28, 1972
Birth place	Panama
Marital status	Married
Education	Indiana University
Occupation	Sportscaster
Title	Co-host, reporter
Spouse	Jonathan Bailey
Children	3
Credits	Sportscenter

Sage Steele (born November 28, 1972) is a SportsCenter Update anchor for the 9:00 a.m. ET and 12:00 p.m. ET shows and fill-in "SportsCenter" anchor.

Early life

Sage Steele was born in 1972, of African American descent into an American Army family living in the Panama Canal Zone. Her father would be stationed all over the world during Sage's childhood. She attended high school in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and Carmel, Indiana.

She graduated from Indiana University in 1995.

Broadcasting career

Steele's first television sports reporting job was at WSBT-TV the CBS affiliate in South Bend, Indiana, as a news producer and reporter from 1995 to 1997.

Steele then worked at CBS affiliate WISH-TV in Indianapolis, Indiana, from 1997-1998 as the weekend morning sports anchor and weekday reporter. Her reporting duties included the Indianapolis Colts, Indiana Pacers, Indianapolis 500 and Brickyard 400 auto races, local college and high school sports.

Steele worked at ABC affiliate WFTS in Tampa, Florida, from 1998 to 2001, where she was a sports reporter with former WFTS sports director and current ESPN First Take host Jay Crawford. She also worked at Fox Sports Florida as a reporter, continuing to cover teams throughout Central Florida such as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Orlando Magic, Tampa Bay Lightning and University of South Florida Bulls.

She then worked at Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic in Bethesda, Maryland, where she was an anchor and reporter for the network's nightly local sports news program, SportsNite. Sage was one of Comcast SportsNet's original personalities, joining that network when it launched in 2001. During her six years at CSN Mid-Atlantic (2001–2007), she was a main anchor and also the beat reporter for the Baltimore Ravens.

Steele then joined ESPN and debuted on March 16, 2007, on the 6:00 p.m. ET edition of SportsCenter.

Personal life

Sage Steele is the daughter of Gary Steele, who was the first African-American to play varsity football at West Point during the mid 1960s. Her brother Chad is the Media Relations Director for the Baltimore Ravens football team. She and her husband Jonathan Bailey have three children.

References

Category:Living people Category:1972 births Category:American television sports announcers Category:Indiana University alumni Category:Indianapolis, Indiana television anchors