Kenny Albert

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Kenny Albert (born on February 2, 1968 in New York, New York), the son of sportscaster Marv Albert, is a sportscaster in his own right.

[edit] Early life

His father gave him a tape recorder for his fifth birthday to practice his broadcasting.

On his sixth birthday, his father took him along to a New York Rangers game. One of the statisticians had to leave in the middle of the game so Kenny got to do the stats for the rest of the game (1974). At fourteen, he became the official statistician for the New York Rangers on the radio. At sixteen, he wrote content for the New York Rangers program. Aside from his father, his idol was Vancouver Canucks play-by-play broadcaster Jim Robson.

He graduated from New York University (NYU) in 1990 with a degree in broadcasting and journalism. Albert worked in the sports department at WNYU Radio. He is a frequent guest on WNYU's sports talk program, The Cheap Seats.

[edit] Broacasting career

Kenny is the radio voice of the New York Rangers, as well as a play-by-play announcer and field-level reporter for FOX's coverage of Major League Baseball, the NFL, and the Sugar Bowl, as well as selected games of The NHL on Versus. When FOX had the network contract for the National Hockey League in the 1990s, Albert also worked on FOX NHL Saturday telecasts.

He has done work for NBC's Olympics coverage, as a play-by-play announcer for men's and women's ice hockey at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City and 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. Previously, he handled radio play-by-play for the Washington Capitals and Bullets (now Wizards).

He is currently providing play-by-play for TNT's NBA broadcasts.

Kenny Albert also does college basketball for ESPN Plus.

[edit] Promotions at The NFL on FOX

For 2006, Albert was promoted from the #4 play-by-play position to the #3 position on The NFL on FOX. Him and his partner Brian Baldinger switched postions with Sam Rosen and Tim Ryan. For 2007, Albert was promoted to the #2 play-by-play position. Albert and Dick Stockton traded places. Albert is now with Darryl Johnston and Tony Siragusa, while Stockton is now with Baldinger.

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