Marc Stein (reporter)

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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]

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Career

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]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Casselberry, Ian (June 25, 2021). "NBA reporter Marc Stein leaving New York Times to produce Substack newsletter". Awful Announcing. Retrieved July 13, 2021.
  2. ↑ "NBA reporter Marc Stein laid off by ESPN".
  3. ↑ "Marc Stein Inducted Into Basketball Hall of Fame for Media Contributions". February 27, 2019. Retrieved September 1, 2023.
  4. 1 2 "ESPN keeps NBA insider Marc Stein in the fold". Awful Announcing. October 5, 2016. Retrieved November 28, 2016.
  5. ↑ Cato, Tim (November 6, 2016). "Mavs revoke season credentials for ESPN's Tim MacMahon, Marc Stein". Mavs Moneyball. Retrieved November 28, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Mavericks stunningly revoke credentials for ESPN's Marc Stein, Tim MacMahon". Sporting News. November 7, 2016. Retrieved November 28, 2016.
  7. ↑ "Mavericks lift credential ban on ESPN writers Marc Stein, Tim MacMahon". Sporting News. November 12, 2016. Retrieved May 11, 2017.
  8. ↑ "The Show". ESPN Soccer Today. Retrieved October 24, 2020.
  9. ↑ "NBA media react to ESPN's firing of Marc Stein". Cleveland Cavaliers. Retrieved October 24, 2020.
  10. ↑ 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.
  11. ↑ "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.
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