Steve Bunin

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Steve Bunin (born in Seattle, Washington) is an American journalist who has worked for ESPN since August 2003. He anchors a variety of shows, including SportsCenter, Baseball Tonight, NFL Live, Outside The Lines and The Hot List. He often co-hosts ESPN Radios GAMENIGHT. He also hosts MLS Primetime Thursday on ESPN2.

Prior to ESPN, Bunin served as sports anchor/ director at five different local news stations including: WOTV-TV in Battle Creek, Michigan from 2002-2003, WLAJ-TV in Lansing, Michigan from 2000-2001, KNAZ-TV in Flagstaff, Arizona from 1998-2000. WICZ-TV in Binghamton, New York in 1997 and WTVH-TV in Syracuse, New York in 1995-1996.

In 1998, the Arizona Associated Press named him Best TV Sportscaster and Best TV Sports Coverage. Also, in 2000 the Michigan Associated Press named him Best TV Sportscast.

Bunin is a graduate of Syracuse University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Broadcast Journalism in 1996. He graduated from Mercer Island High School in 1992.

[edit] References

• jccmaccabi: Landing a Job at ESPN^{[dead link]}
• Seattle Times: Painful path from hospital to anchor desk

[edit] External links

• ESPN.tv bio page