Summary
Marc Stein is an American sports reporter with a newsletter on Substack covering the National Basketball Association (NBA) nationally.[1] He previously worked for ESPN and The New York Times.[2]
Career edit
While being a B.A. communications student in California State University, Fullerton, Stein started covering the NBA with his reportage for the Orange County Register.[3] He then covered the Los Angeles Lakers and Los Angeles Clippers for the Los Angeles Daily News and also worked for The Washington Post, The Orange County Register and San Bernardino Sun. Stein covered the NBA for more than five years at The Dallas Morning News, first as a Dallas Mavericks beat writer for three seasons (1997–2000) and then two seasons as an NBA columnist. [1]
Stein began writing for ESPN.com in 2000,[4] and signed on full-time in 2002 to serve as the site's senior NBA writer. He also made regular broadcast appearances as a reporter and analyst for SportsCenter, NBA Shootaround, NBA Fastbreak, NBA Coast to Coast, ESPNEWS, and ESPN Radio. In October 2016, ESPN signed Stein to a multiyear contract extension.[4] In November 2016, the Dallas Mavericks revoked Stein and fellow ESPN reporter Tim MacMahon's press credentials after MacMahon was shifted away from covering the team full-time.[5][6] The credentials were later restored.[7]
Stein covered soccer earlier in his career. He has continued to cover the game part-time. From 2011 until his departure from ESPN, he co-hosted Soccer Today,[8] a radio show/podcast that aired on KESN ESPN 103.3 in Dallas/Fort Worth. He also occasionally contributed to ESPN FC.
Stein was let go from ESPN in 2017.[9] In October 2017, he became the national NBA writer for The New York Times.[10]
On February 15, 2019, Stein was named the 2019 winner of the Curt Gowdy Media Award for print media by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.[11] In 2021, he left The New York Times to run his newsletter on Substack.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b c Casselberry, Ian (June 25, 2021). "NBA reporter Marc Stein leaving New York Times to produce Substack newsletter". Awful Announcing. Retrieved July 13, 2021.
- ^ "NBA reporter Marc Stein laid off by ESPN".
- ^ "Marc Stein Inducted Into Basketball Hall of Fame for Media Contributions". February 27, 2019. Retrieved September 1, 2023.
- ^ a b "ESPN keeps NBA insider Marc Stein in the fold". Awful Announcing. October 5, 2016. Retrieved November 28, 2016.
- ^ Cato, Tim (November 6, 2016). "Mavs revoke season credentials for ESPN's Tim MacMahon, Marc Stein". Mavs Moneyball. Retrieved November 28, 2016.
- ^ "Mavericks stunningly revoke credentials for ESPN's Marc Stein, Tim MacMahon". Sporting News. November 7, 2016. Retrieved November 28, 2016.
- ^ "Mavericks lift credential ban on ESPN writers Marc Stein, Tim MacMahon". Sporting News. November 12, 2016. Retrieved May 11, 2017.
- ^ "The Show". ESPN Soccer Today. Retrieved October 24, 2020.
- ^ "NBA media react to ESPN's firing of Marc Stein". Cleveland Cavaliers. Retrieved October 24, 2020.
- ^ Stein, Marc [@TheSteinLine] (October 3, 2017). "Proud and hugely humbled to share that, just in time for my 25th season covering the greatest league in the world, I'm joining the @nytimes" (Tweet). Retrieved January 7, 2021 – via Twitter.
- ^ "Marc Stein and Ralph Lawler Named Recipients of Basketball Hall of Fame's 2019 Curt Gowdy Media Award". hoophall.com. February 15, 2019. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
External links edit
- Marc Stein at Substack.com