Marc Stein is an American

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with a newsletter on

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covering the

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(NBA) nationally. He previously worked for

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and ''

The New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid d ...

''.

Career

Stein covered the NBA for more than five years at ''

The Dallas Morning News ''The Dallas Morning News'' is a daily newspaper serving the Dallas–Fort Worth area of Texas, with an average print circulation of 65,369. It was founded on October 1, 1885 by Alfred Horatio Belo as a satellite publication of the '' Galvest ...

'', first as a Dallas Mavericks beat writer for three seasons (1997–2000) and then two seasons as an NBA columnist. He had previously covered the Los Angeles Lakers and

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for the '' Los Angeles Daily News'' and has also worked for ''

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'', ''

The Orange County Register ''The Orange County Register'' is a paid daily newspaper published in California. The ''Register'', published in Orange County, California, is owned by the private equity firm Alden Global Capital via its Digital Fiest/Media News subsidiaries. ...

'' and ''

San Bernardino Sun ''The San Bernardino Sun'' is a paid daily newspaper in San Bernardino County. Founded in 1894, it has significant circulation in neighboring Riverside County, and serves most of the Inland Empire in Southern California, with a circulation area s ...

''. Stein began writing for

ESPN.com ESPN.com is the official website of ESPN. It is owned by ESPN Internet Ventures, a division of ESPN Inc. History Since launching in April 1995 as ESPNET.SportsZone.com (ESPNET SportsZone), the website has developed numerous sections including ...

in 2000, 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 Countdown'', branded for sponsorship purposes as ''NBA Countdown Presented by Mountain Dew'', is an American pregame television show airing prior to National Basketball Association (NBA) telecasts on ABC and ESPN. ''NBA Countdown'' typi ...

'', ''

NBA Fastbreak ''NBA Tonight'' is a National Basketball Association studio program that airs on ESPN. The program used to air as part of ESPN's ''The Trifecta''. Formerly known as ''NBA 2Night'' and NBA Fastbreak, the program, hosted by various ESPN personalities ...

'', '' NBA Coast to Coast'',

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, and ESPN Radio. In October 2016,

signed Stein to a multiyear contract extension. 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. The credentials were later restored. 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'', a radio show/podcast that aired on KESN ESPN 103.3 in Dallas/Fort Worth. He also occasionally contributed to

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. Stein was let go from ESPN in 2017. In October 2017, he became the national NBA writer for ''The New York Times''. On February 15, 2019, Stein was named the 2019 winner of the

Curt Gowdy Media Award The Curt Gowdy Media Award is an annual award given by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame to outstanding basketball writers and broadcasters. It is named for American sportscaster Curt Gowdy, who was the Hall of Fame's president for ...

for print media by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

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Marc Stein
at Substack.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Stein, Marc Living people Year of birth missing (living people) American male journalists American people of Romanian-Jewish descent California State University, Fullerton alumni The Dallas Morning News people National Basketball Association broadcasters