Hi everybody it's been about four weeks that I haven't done a hosted a guest because I've been

traveling a lot started the new semester but boy do I have a good one to kick off the fall semester

sage Steele how you doing?

Great, thank you for having me.

This is kind of cool that you asked.

Well, I'm very excited to have you.

Let me just read some of your key biometrics,

and as we were talking offline father time catches up to you so I actually have to wear the old man glasses you were at

ESPN for 16 years from 2007 to 2023 you were a broadcaster and a lead anchor.

You were a host of Sports Center, the network's flagship show.

You've hosted many leading national and international events, including the Super Bowl, the Masters, the NBA finals, the World Series, but not only sports, the Scripps National Spelling Bee, that's kind of cool and the Miss America pageant.

That I cover some of the key highlights

or do you want to add anything before we get going?

That is plenty, but I love the spelling bee love there

because honestly that was one of the coolest events

I've ever covered and they're like, it's not a sport.

I'm like, no, but it's a competition it's a good competition so maybe we could start with how did you decide you know we're going to get into your story with the ESPN but how did you first decide

sports casting is what I want to do?

I want to go to Indiana University and pursue that.

And I asked this because you may or may not know this.

I have a sports broadcasting superstar in my own family maybe you know have you heard of

Ariel Helwani? No way I know Ariel you know Ariel while Ariel is my maternal nephew. No way. I love him. Tell him hi.

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