Brian Kenny (sportscaster)
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Brian Kenny (born October 18, 1963), as of 1997 anchors the 6pm SportsCenter for ESPN. Brian won a National Sports Emmy for Baseball Tonight in 2003, was named Sports Illustrated's Media Personality of the Year in 2004, and received the 2005 Sam Taub Award as the Boxing Writers Association's "Boxing Broadcaster of the Year".
Before working for ESPN, he worked for WTZA in Kingston, New York.[1] With ESPN, Brian hosts ESPN2's Friday Night Fights where he is known for his heated, yet entertaining debates with some of the best boxers in the world, particularly Floyd Mayweather. Kenny also hosts theESPN Classic series The Top 5 Reasons You Can't Blame..., which debuted in 2005.
In 2005, he hosted a brand-new special series called Ringside. It runs three to six hours long an episode and featured on each episode one great boxer. Among the boxers that were spotlighted on the show were Joe Louis, Muhammad Ali, and Mike Tyson.[citation needed]
Kenny has a BFA in Communication Arts, attending New York Institute of Technology and St. John's University (New York City).[citation needed]
Kenny appears as himself on SportsCenter in the 2006 film Rocky Balboa.[2]
He is married with three daughters and two sons. His oldest daughter, Alexandra, is a professional ballerina in South Carolina's Columbia City Ballet.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ Career references from CyberBoxingZone Journal.
- ^ Appearance in Rocky Balboa: Filmography at the Internet Movie Database.
- ^ Biography from ESPN.
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