Kenny Albert
Kenny Albert was born in New York City, New York, United States on February 2nd, 1968 and is the Sportscaster. At the age of 56, Kenny Albert biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Kenneth Gary Albert (born February 2, 1968) is an American sportscaster, the nephew of sportscaster Marv Albert and the uncle of sportscasters Al Albert and Steve Albert.
He is the only sportscaster in history to play all four major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada (NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL).
Early life
Albert's parents gave him a tape recorder for his fifth birthday in order to practice his broadcasting. On his sixth birthday in 1974, his father brought him along to a New York Rangers game. One of the statisticians had to leave in the middle of the game, so Albert had to do the stats for the remainder of the game. On the radio, he became the Rangers' official statistician at 14 years old. He created material for the Rangers program at 16 years old. Jim Robson, a Vancouver Canucks play-by-play broadcaster, was his favorite aside from his father. Albert, who grew up in Sands Point, covered high school sports for the Port Washington News, a Sands Point newspaper.
Albert earned a degree in broadcasting and journalism from New York University in 1990. He was a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity. Albert spent time at WNYU radio in the sports department. When working there, he was able to get to his quick responses when announcing local games.
Personal life
Albert and his wife Barbara (Wolf) and their two children, Amanda and Sydney, live in New Jersey. Albert's wife was introduced to his wife by close friend and Baltimore sports reporter Jerry Coleman.
Albert has often referred to his love of all sports, but mostly hockey and basketball. He and his wife are members of the San Jose Sparklers' WNBA team, and has cited baseball as the most difficult sport to write about.
Broadcasting career
Albert is the radio voice of the New York Rangers, as well as a play-by-play reporter and field reporter for Fox's coverage of Major League Baseball, the National Football League, and, previously, the Sugar Bowl. He was previously the Washington Capitals and Washington Bullets' TV play-by-play, as well as a part-time announcer on Washington Nationals television broadcasts in 2005. In addition, he appears on TV play-by-play for the Washington Commanders (formerly the Washington Redskins) preseason games with Joe Theismann. Albert was the first to broadcast Super Bowl XLVI in the United States with Theismann.
Albert was also on Fox News Saturday telecasts when Fox had the National Hockey League in the 1990s. Albert was formerly on play-by-play for the NHL and formerly with Versus (now called NBCSN). Albert called Game 1 of the 2014 Stanley Cup Finals for NBC, filling in for Mike Emrick, who was dealing with the family's death. He has been working on NBC's Olympics coverage as a play-by-play announcer for men's and women's ice hockey at every Winter Olympic Games since Salt Lake City in 2002.
Albert has also worked for ESPN Plus and is a substitute play-by-play announcer for televised New York Knicks games on MSG Network. Albert for two playoff teams in the same region, doing the play-by-play for the New York Rangers on WEPN 1050 ESPN radio and filling in on MSG Network's play-by-play for the New York Knicks.
Albert was the play-by-play announcer for the 2015 American League Division Series between the Texas Rangers and the Toronto Blue Jays. He helped explain the decision regarding Toronto Blue Jays catcher Russell Martin's errant throw, which resulted in Texas scoring the go-ahead run. Jose Bautista's go-ahead home run was recalled in the bottom of the innings.
Albert was nominated for the Sports Emmy Award for Outstanding Sports Personality, Play-by-Play in a list that included Fox and NBC colleagues Kevin Burkhardt, eventual winner Mike Emrick, and even his own father.
Albert became NBC's lead play-by-play announcer after Emrick's retirement, partnering with Emrick's long-time partner Eddie Olczyk in the 2020-20 NHL season. Albert served in for Emrick in game one of the 2014 Stanley Cup Finals due to the death of the latter's relatives. Albert and Olczyk migrated to Turner Sports to work in the same role after NBC lost their NHL rights after the 2021–22 season.
Albert is a regular guest on WNYU-FM's sports talk show The Cheap Seats. He has appeared on several occasions on Sports Heaven, a well-known New York sports internet radio show hosted by Mark and Evan.
Albert called the play-by-play of the Minnesota Vikings – Pittsburgh Steelers NFL game for Fox on Fox and then hosted the New York Yankees' locker room celebration after clinching the American League Championship Series that night. On Monday night, he broadcast a Rangers game on radio, and on October 28, he called the play-by-play of the New York Knicks season opener on MSG Network.