Sage Steele

Hi. Oh my gosh. Very rarely do people stand. Usually they roll their eyes when I walk in. So thank you. Can you do that again? No. I'm kidding. Sorry. I was kidding. Thank you.

Hi. Oh my gosh. Very rarely do people stand. Usually they roll their eyes when I walk in. So thank you. Can you do that again? No. I'm kidding. Sorry. I was kidding. Thank you.

11 years old, watching the 1984 Olympics, 12, so you can do the math. So when people say, I grew up watching her, I could slap you. because you're aging me completely and that's okay. Hair dye does wonders. I was 11 years old when I said I wanna be a sportscaster watching the 84 Olympics, knowing that I wouldn't play any sport past high school.

11 years old, watching the 1984 Olympics, 12, so you can do the math. So when people say, I grew up watching her, I could slap you. because you're aging me completely and that's okay. Hair dye does wonders. I was 11 years old when I said I wanna be a sportscaster watching the 84 Olympics, knowing that I wouldn't play any sport past high school.

I thought the second best way would be to talk about it and to be around it. And what I noticed at a young age, moving to different countries, by the time I was 11, I lived in four different countries. Military brats, anyone else here? Yes, you understand. I thought that was normal to move around and have kids next door that were from Turkey here, Greece here, Norway there.

I thought the second best way would be to talk about it and to be around it. And what I noticed at a young age, moving to different countries, by the time I was 11, I lived in four different countries. Military brats, anyone else here? Yes, you understand. I thought that was normal to move around and have kids next door that were from Turkey here, Greece here, Norway there.

We didn't speak the same languages, but kids always figure it out. But I realized living overseas and that sports is what brought people together. On a football Sunday, for three hours. Everybody's on the same team. In your race, in your sex, in your socioeconomic status, in your politics, nothing matters. You're just cheering for the same team and I felt that.

We didn't speak the same languages, but kids always figure it out. But I realized living overseas and that sports is what brought people together. On a football Sunday, for three hours. Everybody's on the same team. In your race, in your sex, in your socioeconomic status, in your politics, nothing matters. You're just cheering for the same team and I felt that.

And I wanted to be around more of that and to tell people's stories along the way. So that was the why behind it, to tell stories and do true sports journalism. The problem was I was like, I don't think you knew this, I was really shy, like weirdo shy. And my parents were like, okay, so you wanna be on TV? probably need to talk a little bit more then.

And I wanted to be around more of that and to tell people's stories along the way. So that was the why behind it, to tell stories and do true sports journalism. The problem was I was like, I don't think you knew this, I was really shy, like weirdo shy. And my parents were like, okay, so you wanna be on TV? probably need to talk a little bit more then.

So I had, I mean, I had to really push through that fear from a very, very young age and went to school for it at Indiana University, Hoosiers. Thank you. Do you know that next, I think it's the 10th, so it's this weekend, right? Yeah, Saturday is the 30-year anniversary of my graduation from Indiana University.

So I had, I mean, I had to really push through that fear from a very, very young age and went to school for it at Indiana University, Hoosiers. Thank you. Do you know that next, I think it's the 10th, so it's this weekend, right? Yeah, Saturday is the 30-year anniversary of my graduation from Indiana University.

No. Wow. Were you alive then?

No. Wow. Were you alive then?

Yeah. I got the call I'd been waiting for from ESPN. I was working in Washington, D.C. at Comcast Sportsnet covering the Baltimore Ravens and the Washington Wizards and Maryland Terrapins and you name it. And I got the call and went up to Bristol, Connecticut for the audition. Scared to death, kind of, sort of, but I was really, really, really pregnant, like 12 months pregnant with my second kid.

Yeah. I got the call I'd been waiting for from ESPN. I was working in Washington, D.C. at Comcast Sportsnet covering the Baltimore Ravens and the Washington Wizards and Maryland Terrapins and you name it. And I got the call and went up to Bristol, Connecticut for the audition. Scared to death, kind of, sort of, but I was really, really, really pregnant, like 12 months pregnant with my second kid.

By the way, my first is over here in the orange shirt. Say hi, Quinn. Sorry. Sorry. She graduated from college, High Point University on Saturday. So one down, two to go. And so she was like 19 months old at home when I was pregnant with Nicholas and Nicole. And I'd been working for four or five years sending my resume tape in.

By the way, my first is over here in the orange shirt. Say hi, Quinn. Sorry. Sorry. She graduated from college, High Point University on Saturday. So one down, two to go. And so she was like 19 months old at home when I was pregnant with Nicholas and Nicole. And I'd been working for four or five years sending my resume tape in.

Yes, VHS tapes, snail mail, not like a YouTube link that these little brats use now. And so like sending the tapes in and they kept saying, yep, nope, you talk too fast, still do. Your hair's weird, still is, all the things.

Yes, VHS tapes, snail mail, not like a YouTube link that these little brats use now. And so like sending the tapes in and they kept saying, yep, nope, you talk too fast, still do. Your hair's weird, still is, all the things.