1. Charles Harris Steiner was born on July 17,1949 and is an American sportscaster and broadcast journalist.
29 Facts About Charley Steiner
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Charley Steiner is currently the radio play-by-play announcer for the Los Angeles Dodgers, paired with Rick Monday.
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Charley Steiner was born in 1949 in Forest Hills, Queens, New York City.
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Charley Steiner grew up a Brooklyn Dodgers fan in a Jewish family in Malverne, New York, already idolizing Vin Scully at the age of seven.
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Charley Steiner attended Bradley University in Peoria, Illinois, graduating in 1971.
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Charley Steiner began his career as a newscaster for WIRL radio in Peoria, in 1969, while still a student at Bradley.
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In 1977, Charley Steiner relocated to WERE in Cleveland, Ohio, where he served as a sportscaster and later news director.
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Charley Steiner entered the New York market in 1978 at WXLO-FM where he did newscasts for, among others, then-morning host and future actor Jay Thomas.
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Charley Steiner later moved over to sister station WOR for several years as its morning drive sportscaster, while working simultaneously as the sports director for the RKO Radio Network.
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Charley Steiner was the play-by-play voice for the USFL's New Jersey Generals entire existence from 1983 to 1985, and for the NFL's New York Jets in 1986 and 1987.
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Surprisingly, Charley Steiner later was personally thanked by the head of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club who had a disdain for the British tabloids.
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Charley Steiner joined ESPN in 1988, primarily as an anchor on SportsCenter.
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Charley Steiner was involved in many comical situations during his tenure on SportsCenter, including one broadcast in 1993 when Carl Lewis sang "The Star-Spangled Banner" prior to a New Jersey Nets game.
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Amused by hearing Lewis' terrible rendition of the song, Charley Steiner began chortling during the SportsCenter show that night, unable to stop until the show ended.
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Charley Steiner was featured in a series of well-known television promos from ESPN's This is SportsCenter comical promo campaign.
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Charley Steiner starred in a third promo with boxer Evander Holyfield.
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Charley Steiner hosted a program on the NFL Network called Football America, which ran from 2003 to 2005.
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Charley Steiner has been shown in frequent cuts of interviews for the network's NFL Top 10 series, discussing such subjects as former Jets defensive end Mark Gastineau.
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When ESPN Radio gained broadcast rights for Major League Baseball's national radio package from CBS in 1998, Charley Steiner became its lead announcer, working Sunday night games, the All-Star Game, and postseason games.
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Charley Steiner left ESPN in 2002 and joined the New York Yankees' radio booth, replacing Michael Kay as John Sterling's play-by-play partner.
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Charley Steiner was at the microphone when Yankees third baseman Aaron Boone won Game 7 of the 2003 American League Championship Series with a home run in the eleventh inning to defeat the Boston Red Sox.
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Charley Steiner left the Yankees after the following season, his last game being the infamous Game 7 of the 2004 American League Championship Series in which the Red Sox completed its historic "reverse sweep" over its rivals after trailing 3 games to 0.
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Charley Steiner was originally slated to move to the YES Network as a studio host, but after Ross Porter, longtime radio voice of the Los Angeles Dodgers was let go by the team, Steiner was hired to take his place.
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For four years covering the 2005 through 2008 seasons, the Dodgers' unique broadcasting arrangement had Charley Steiner teamed with analyst Rick Monday and working play-by-play on radio during all home and intra-divisional road games.
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Charley Steiner handled television play-by-play on all other games, primarily road contests east of the Rocky Mountains.
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Charley Steiner used to host Baseball Beat on XM Satellite Radio's MLB Home Plate channel, where he talked exclusively to writers, authors, columnists, broadcasters, or celebrities on their thoughts and analysis of the current state of baseball.
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Charley Steiner was unable to work any games for the Dodgers during the 2024 season due to his battle with multiple myeloma blood cancer.
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Charley Steiner returned to call the Dodgers' domestic Opening Day at Dodger Stadium vs the Detroit Tigers on March 27,2025 but apparently had to leave the radio booth at the 7th inning stretch due to cancer aftereffects, as his 2024 primary replacement, Stephen Nelson, began the bottom of the 7th and called the final two innings alongside Rick Monday.
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Charley Steiner received the United Press International award for "Best Sportscaster for New York, New Jersey and Connecticut" in 1981,1983, and 1985.