John Saunders hosts ESPN's NCAA basketball studio programming (since 1989) and NHL Stanley Cup playoffs (since 1993). He occasionally works as an NCAA basketball play-by-play commentator (since 1990). Saunders hosted Baseball Tonight, the network's nightly Major League Baseball highlights and news program (1990-93).

He has also co-hosted SportsCenter's coverage of the Final Four (1991-93), and hosted the World Series (1990-92), Major League Baseball's All-Star Game (1990-92) and Rendez-Vous '87, the two-game series between the NHL All-Stars and the Soviets. He also occasionally hosted ESPN's NHL telecasts in 1987-88.

Saunders has worked for ABC Sports since 1990, hosting NCAA basketball telecasts in 1990-91, college football telecasts since 1992 and NHL action in 1993. He has served as a contributor to Wide World of Sports since 1990 and also provided play-by-play of NCAA basketball games (1992). He also calls play-by-play for the Toronto Raptors (NBA) on CKVR-TV (since 1995).

Saunders joined ESPN in December of 1986 as a SportsCenter anchor. He came to ESPN from WMAR-TV in Baltimore where he had worked since 1982 as an anchor of three daily sports reports. He also hosted the Baltimore Orioles pre-game program "Orioles on Deck" and provided analysis for Baltimore Colts preseason games. WMAR was honored by AP and UPI in 1983 and '85 for having the best sportscast in Baltimore.

Saunders, a native Canadian, was the main sports anchor for City-TV in Toronto from 1980-82. He also served as sports anchor at ATV News in New Brunswick (1979-80) and CKNY-TV in Ontario (1978-79). In 1978, he was the news director for CKNS Radio in Espanola, Ontario.

An all-star defenseman in the Montreal junior leagues, Saunders received a scholarship and played hockey at Western Michigan University from 1974 to 1976. In 1976, he transferred to Ryerson Polytechnical in Toronto.

He provided news reports for CHOO-Radio in Ajax, Ontario and continued to play hockey while attending school. Saunders' brother, Bernie, played left wing for the Quebec Nordiques in the National Hockey League from 1979 to 1981.

Born February 2, 1955, Saunders is married and has two children.