Bruce David Beck was born on September 18,1956 and is the lead sports anchor at WNBC.
29 Facts About Bruce Beck
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Bruce Beck is in his 25th year with News 4 New York.
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Bruce Beck is the host of Sports Final, WNBC's popular Sunday night sports show.
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Bruce Beck has hosted and contributed to a number of WNBC-TV specials including the live broadcast of the New York City Marathon, The Belmont Stakes, The US Open Golf Championship and "Deja Blue", which preceded Super Bowl XLVI.
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Bruce Beck has been a studio anchor for NBA-TV and is the host of the weekly Rutgers University basketball and football shows which air on MSG Network.
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Bruce Beck was one of the first play by play voices for the Ultimate Fighting Championship from 1994 to 1997.
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From 1982 to 1994, Bruce Beck was a staff broadcaster with the MSG Network.
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Bruce Beck was the play-by-play announcer for college football and basketball, professional and Golden Gloves boxing and professional tennis.
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Bruce Beck hosted the Millrose Games, The Virginia Slims Championship, The National Horse Show, and the Lou Carnesecca Show.
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From 1994 to 1997, Bruce Beck hosted "Sportstalk" and "Sports Images" on CN8, the Comcast Network.
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Bruce Beck was the play-by-play voice of Atlantic 10 Conference Basketball and Hofstra University Football, while calling college basketball games for CBS Sports.
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Bruce Beck was the host of CBS' coverage of the Hambletonian and The American Championship Harness Series on ESPN.
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Bruce Beck was a play-by-play voice and host of Showtime Championship Boxing.
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Bruce Beck was the play by play announcer for the Ultimate Fighting Championship from 1994 to 1997, calling UFC 4 through UFC 15 with partner and olympic gold medalist Jeff Blatnick.
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Bruce Beck was hired by WNBC-TV in 1997 as the weekend sports anchor and weekday reporter.
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From 2000 to 2008, Bruce Beck was a studio anchor for NBA TV.
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Bruce Beck began calling professional boxing in 1986 with MSG Network.
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Bruce Beck currently calls fights for ESPN+ and Top Rank Boxing.
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Bruce Beck has called the blow by blow for USA Network, Showtime Championship Boxing, and numerous international broadcasts.
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From 2011 to 2013, Bruce Beck handled blow by blow duties for Epix.
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In 2016, Bruce Beck handled some blow by blow duties for Spike TV's Premier Boxing Champions and for Spike's Bellator Kickboxing.
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Bruce Beck has been named New York State Sportscaster of the Year 9 times, including six years in a row from 2007 until 2012, by the National Sports Media Association.
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Bruce Beck received the 2006 New York Emmy as Outstanding Sports Anchor.
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In 2011, Bruce Beck won a New York Sports Emmy for his interview with former Rutgers football player Eric Legrand.
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Bruce Beck was chosen by St John's University to deliver the 2009 Commencement speech to its Staten Island Campus on May 16.
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Bruce Beck was inducted into the MetroWest Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 2008.
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Bruce Beck was a student athlete at Livingston High School.
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Bruce Beck graduated from high school in 1974 and was inducted into the school's hall of fame in 1993.
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Bruce Beck is notorious for his insistence on using team aliases during his reports.