1. Kenneth Gary Albert was born on February 2,1968 and is an American sportscaster, the son of NBA sportscaster Marv Albert and nephew of sportscasters Al Albert and Steve Albert.
25 Facts About Kenny Albert
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Kenny Albert is the only sportscaster who currently does play-by-play for all four major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada.
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Kenny Albert's parents gave him a tape recorder for his fifth birthday to practice his broadcasting.
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One of the statisticians had to leave in the middle of the game, so Kenny Albert got to do the stats for the rest of the game.
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Kenny Albert graduated from New York University in 1990 with a degree in broadcasting and journalism.
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Kenny Albert was a member of the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity.
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Kenny Albert is the primary radio and occasional TV 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 National Football League, and previously, the Sugar Bowl.
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Previously, Kenny Albert was the radio broadcaster for the American Hockey League's Baltimore Skipjacks from 1990 to 1992.
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Kenny Albert later handled TV play-by-play for the Washington Capitals and Washington Bullets, and was a part-time announcer on Washington Nationals telecasts in 2005.
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Kenny Albert called the international broadcast of Super Bowl XLVI with Theismann.
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When Fox had the network contract for the National Hockey League in the 1990s, Kenny Albert worked on Fox NHL Saturday telecasts.
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Kenny Albert previously did play-by-play for the NHL on NBC and formerly with Versus.
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Kenny Albert called Game 1 of the 2014 Stanley Cup Finals for NBC, filling in for Mike Emrick, who was dealing with a death in the family.
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Kenny Albert has done work for 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.
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Kenny Albert has done college basketball for ESPN Plus and is a substitute play-by-play announcer for televised New York Knicks games on MSG Network.
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Kenny Albert was the play-by-play announcer for the 2015 American League Division Series between the Texas Rangers and the Toronto Blue Jays.
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In 2016, Kenny Albert was nominated for the Sports Emmy Award for Outstanding Sports Personality, Play-by-Play in a list that included fellow Fox and NBC colleagues Kevin Burkhardt, eventual winner Mike Emrick, and even his own father.
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Kenny Albert is a frequent guest on WNYU-FM's sports talk program, The Cheap Seats.
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Kenny Albert has made many appearances on the popular New York sports internet radio show Sports Heaven with Mark and Evan.
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Kenny Albert has been an announcer with the NFL on Fox since Fox acquired the rights to the NFL in 1994.
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On October 13,2024, Kenny Albert became the first play-by-play broadcaster to call 500 regular season or postseason games for the same network; CBS's Jim Nantz would reach the milestone later that year.
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Kenny Albert was introduced to his wife by close friend and Baltimore sports reporter, Jerry Coleman.
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Kenny Albert has frequently cited his love of all sports, but mainly hockey and basketball.
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Kenny Albert has cited baseball as the hardest sport to commentate.
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Kenny Albert released his first book, an autobiography entitled "A Mic For All Seasons", on October 10,2023, with Triumph Publishing.