Award-Winning ESPN SportsCenter Host Sage Steele

Sage Steele is today's guest on the "Success is a Choice" podcast, hosted by Jamy Bechler. Sage is one of the most popular broadcasters out there as a long-time ESPN Sportscenter anchor. If you would like to watch this episode, head on over to https://www.youtube.com/@CoachBechler Episode Time Stamps ... 1:00 - Doing events like Miss America Pageant and the Spelling Bee 1:44 - What her Miss America talent would be 2:00 - Favorite thing to Bake 3:50 - Hardest event to prepare for 6:30 - Growing up as an Army Brat 10:00 - Coming from a mixed family 12:30 - Overcoming a rough start to her broadcasting career 18:30 - Getting hit by a Jon Rahm golf ball 21:15 - Women's sports 25:30 - Going on Bill Maher's show 28:00 - What's next? 31:40 - Wardrobe at ESPN 33:20 - Professionalism during lawsuit Sage Steele was a fixture at ESPN from 2007-2023, hosting countless big events include the Super Bowl, The Masters, The NBA Finals, the World Series. She also hosted the Scripps National Spelling Bee, the Miss America Pageant, and Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve just to name a few. She is now host of the Sage Steele show. Connect with Sage ...  INSTAGRAM: @SageSteele  X: @SageSteele FACEBOOK: @OfficialSageSteele WEBSITE: SageSteele.com YOUTUBE:    / @thesagesteeleshow   Learn more about Sage's lawsuit against ESPN:  https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/sage-steele-winner-beat-espn-censors-scored-victory - - - - Each week, the SUCCESS IS A CHOICE podcasting network brings you leadership expert Jamy Bechler and guest experts who provide valuable insights, tips, and guidance on how to maximize your potential, build a stronger culture, develop good leadership, create a healthy vision, optimize results, and inspire those around you. - - - -  Please follow Jamy on Twitter @CoachBechler for positive insights and tips on leadership, success, culture, and teamwork. Check out our virtual sessions for parents, coaches, students, and administrators at FreeLeadershipWorkshop.com. These sessions are free and cover a variety of topics. - - - -  The Success is a Choice podcast network is made possible by TheLeadershipPlaybook.com. Great teams have great teammates and everyone can be a person of influence. Whether you're a coach, athletic director, or athlete, you can benefit from this program and now you can get 25% off the price when you use the coupon code CHOICE at checkout. Build a stronger culture today with better teammates and more positive leaders.  If you like quotes, then you'll want to check out Jamy Bechler's book "The Coach's Bulletin Board". It contains thousands of insights, thoughts, and quotes are contained in this book. Please visit JamyBechler.com/BulletinBoardBook to get your signed copy. - - - -  Please consider rating the podcast with 5 stars and leaving a quick review on iTunes.  Ratings and reviews are the lifeblood of a podcast. This helps tremendously in bringing the podcast to the attention of others. Thanks again for listening and remember that “Success is a choice. What choice will you make today?” - - - -  Jamy Bechler is the author of nine books including "The Captain" and "The Bus Trip", host of the "Success is a Choice Podcast", professional speaker, and trains organizations on creating championship cultures. He previously spent 20 years as a college basketball coach and administrator.  TheLeadershipPlaybook.com is Bechler's online program that helps athletes become better teammates and more positive leaders while strengthening a team's culture. As a certified John Maxwell leadership coach, Bechler has worked with businesses and teams, including the NBA. Follow him on Twitter at @CoachBechler. To connect with him via email or find out about his services, please contact speaking@CoachBechler.com. You can also subscribe to his insights on success and leadership by visiting JamyBechler.com/newsletter.