Sage Steele

About Sage Steele

Sage Marie Steele is an American television anchor and podcaster. She is the host of the Sage Steele Podcast. She is the former co-host of the 12 noon 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.

In October 2021, Steele was suspended with pay by ESPN for remarks she made on Jay Cutler's September 29 podcast about COVID-19 vaccine mandates, women who dress in a way she feels is provocative, and Barack Obama calling himself black.
She filed a lawsuit against ESPN in April 2022, alleging that the network had retaliated against her in the months following the suspension. Steele's suit accused ESPN of taking opportunities away from her and steadily degrading her career, alleging that her free speech rights were being curtailed through ESPN's retaliation against her for comments she had made as a private citizen. The parties settled the lawsuit in August 2023, at which point Steele left the network.

In March 2024, Steele was named the first podcast host on Bill Maher's Club Random Studios podcast network.

In April 2024, Steele replaced Candace Owens in the animated series Mr. Birchum after Owens' departure from The Daily Wire, following "clashes with co-founder Ben Shapiro over the Israel–Hamas war".

Steele is of African, Italian, and Irish descent.

As of December 2024, Sage has amassed 509,000 followers on Instagram and 103,000 subscribers on her YouTube platform.