Is Sage Steele Still working at ESPN? Parents, Ethnicity
Who is Sage Steele?
Sage Steele is an American journalist working as a television anchor and co-host of the 12 pm (ET) SportsCenter on ESPN. She also presents SportsCenter on the Road from various sporting events such as the Super Bowl and The Masters.
She previously hosted NBA Countdown for four seasons on ESPN and ABC, which ended in 2017. Steele was a full-time host of SportsCenter, ESPN’s flagship show, for five years prior to the NBA assignment.
Sage Steele Age, Birthday
Steel is 50 years old as of 2022. She was born on November 28, 1972, in Panama Canal Zone. She celebrates her birthday on November 28th every year.
Ethnicity
Steele is of black, Irish, and Italian descent. She identifies as biracial.
Steele graduated from IU Bloomington
Steele went to Thomas B. Doherty High School and Carmel High School where she graduated in 1990. She then graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in sports communication from Indiana University Bloomington in 1995.
Sage Steele Parents
Steele was born and raised by her mother Mona Steele and her father Gary Steele. Her mother, Mona is of Italian descent while her father is black. Gary, who is black, was the first African American to play varsity football at West Point in the mid-1960s.
In 2013, he was inducted into the Army Sports Hall of Fame for his outstanding performance on the Black Knights football and track and field teams.
Steele and her family have lived in different states and countries as an Army family. They lived in Panama Canal Zone, Belgium, Greece, and Colorado before settling in Indiana.
Siblings
Steele has two brothers, Courtney and Chad, the senior vice president of media relations for the NFL’s Baltimore Ravens.
Steele’s Husband was a personal trainer
Steele is married to her husband, Jonathan Bailey who was previously a personal trainer. They met at the University and dated for around six years before getting married on 30 October 1999. Bailey keeps a low profile hence not much is known about him lately.
Sage and her husband Jonathan Bailey have three children together. Their eldest child Quinn is 21, Nicholas is 19 while their youngest child Evan Lena is 17.
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Sage Steele’s Salary and Net Worth
Steele has an estimated net worth of $1.5 million from her career as a tv anchor. She likely earns a salary of $400,000 as the host of Sports Center on ESPN.
Sage Steele TV Career Timeline
Steele’s first television sports reporting job was as a news producer and reporter at WSBT-TV, the CBS affiliate in South Bend, Indiana, from 1995 to 1997. She then served as a weekend morning sports anchor and weekday reporter for CBS affiliate WISH-TV in Indianapolis, Indiana, from 1997 to 1998.
Her duties included reporting on the Indianapolis Colts, Indiana Pacers, Indianapolis 500, and Brickyard 400 motor races, as well as local college and high school sports. Steele worked as a sports reporter for ABC affiliate WFTS in Tampa, Florida, from 1998 to 2001, alongside former WFTS sports director and former SportsCenter host Jay Crawford and current “NFL RedZone” host Scott Hanson.
In February 2021, she will co-anchor SportsCenter at 12:00 (ET) with Matt Barrie. She had anchored the show’s 6 p.m. ET edition for several years before switching it to noon, and before that, she had anchored SportsCenter: AM.
On October 5, 2021, she was suspended by ESPN for comments she made on Jay Cutler’s September 29 podcast about COVID-19 vaccine regulations, provocative women, and Barack Obama proclaiming himself Black despite having a white mother, like Steele.
Steele issued an apology in conjunction with her suspension: “I’m sorry if my recent comments caused any trouble for the organization. We are in the midst of a very difficult period that affects all of us, and it is more important than ever that we communicate constructively and carefully.”