Kevin Sylvester | |
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Born | |
Sports commentary career | |
Team(s) | Buffalo Sabres , Buffalo Bills |
Genre(s) | Play-by-play, pre-game, post-game |
Sport(s) | Ice hockey, golf |
Kevin Sylvester (born c.1973) is an American sports media personality, currently employed as a radio broadcaster for the PGA Tour.
Sylvester had an 11-year association with the Buffalo Sabres. He succeeded Josh Mora as the Sabres' studio host during the 2005–06 Buffalo Sabres season [1] and was the alternate play-by-play broadcaster during the 2011–12 season, handling most of the club's road games. [2] [3] His partner in the broadcast booth was veteran broadcaster Danny Gare, whose number has been retired by the Sabres. Since the 2008–09 season, he has been a substitute announcer for longtime play-by-play man Rick Jeanneret, who has called the team's games since the 1971–72 season. [2] [3] On June 18, 2012, Sylvester's new show, Sabres Hockey Hotline, debuted from the Sabres Store inside the First Niagara Center. [4] Sylvester left the Sabres organization on April 8, 2016, to join the PGA.
Before joining the Sabres, Sylvester was a morning host at WGR. Sylvester also serves as color commentator on UB Bulls men's basketball, with Paul Peck as the play-by-play man, on broadcasts carried by ESPN3. Sylvester also hosts two television series for WGRZ: This Weekend, a weekend events magazine, [5] and Tee 2 Green, about golf. Similarly, Sylvester is also the author of the 44-page book The Married Man's Guide to Golf. Along with Peck, Sylvester will launch Buffalo Sports Page, an Internet portal and corresponding radio show on WECK, in August 2017. [6]
Sylvester is a 1991 graduate of Waterloo High School, [7] and a 1995 alumnus of the State University of New York at Fredonia. [8]
Kevin Sylvester | |
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Born | |
Sports commentary career | |
Team(s) | Buffalo Sabres , Buffalo Bills |
Genre(s) | Play-by-play, pre-game, post-game |
Sport(s) | Ice hockey, golf |
Kevin Sylvester (born c.1973) is an American sports media personality, currently employed as a radio broadcaster for the PGA Tour.
Sylvester had an 11-year association with the Buffalo Sabres. He succeeded Josh Mora as the Sabres' studio host during the 2005–06 Buffalo Sabres season [1] and was the alternate play-by-play broadcaster during the 2011–12 season, handling most of the club's road games. [2] [3] His partner in the broadcast booth was veteran broadcaster Danny Gare, whose number has been retired by the Sabres. Since the 2008–09 season, he has been a substitute announcer for longtime play-by-play man Rick Jeanneret, who has called the team's games since the 1971–72 season. [2] [3] On June 18, 2012, Sylvester's new show, Sabres Hockey Hotline, debuted from the Sabres Store inside the First Niagara Center. [4] Sylvester left the Sabres organization on April 8, 2016, to join the PGA.
Before joining the Sabres, Sylvester was a morning host at WGR. Sylvester also serves as color commentator on UB Bulls men's basketball, with Paul Peck as the play-by-play man, on broadcasts carried by ESPN3. Sylvester also hosts two television series for WGRZ: This Weekend, a weekend events magazine, [5] and Tee 2 Green, about golf. Similarly, Sylvester is also the author of the 44-page book The Married Man's Guide to Golf. Along with Peck, Sylvester will launch Buffalo Sports Page, an Internet portal and corresponding radio show on WECK, in August 2017. [6]
Sylvester is a 1991 graduate of Waterloo High School, [7] and a 1995 alumnus of the State University of New York at Fredonia. [8]