Marc Stein is an American sports reporter who publishes a newsletter covering the National Basketball Association (NBA) nationally. [1] He previously worked for ESPN and The New York Times . [2]
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 fired 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 self-publish a newsletter. [1]