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 Outside The Lines, College Football Live and SportsCenter. He has also hosted Baseball Tonight, NFL Live and Sports Reporters, is often a studio host of NCAA and pro sports events on ESPN and ESPN2, and is also a fill-in host on ESPN Radio.
In 2010, Bunin became the first anchor at ESPN to win the company’s prestigious “Game Ball” award for character.
In 2011, Sports Illustrated’s media critic Richard Deitsch called Bunin "one of the most underrated talents in sports journalism." In SI's 2011 Meida Awards, Bunin was declared one of the "Twelve Broadcasters Viewers Deserve More Of In 2012."
Prior to ESPN, Bunin served as sports anchor/director at five different local news stations: 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, where he worked alongside future CNN anchor Christopher Lawrence and future ABC anchor David Muir.
In 1998, the Arizona Associated Press named him Best TV Sportscaster and awarded him Best TV Sports Coverage. Also, in 2000 the Michigan Associated Press awarded him Best TV Sportscast.
Bunin is a graduate of Syracuse University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Broadcast Journalism in 1996. At the time he worked at the campus TV studio UUTV, now known as CitrusTV. He graduated from Mercer Island High School in 1992. He is on the Notable Alumni list.