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Steve Albert (born Stephen Aufrichtig on April 26, 1952, in Brooklyn, New York) is an American former sportscaster. He has served as a play-by-play announcer for the New Jersey Nets, New Orleans Hornets, Golden State Warriors, New York Mets, and Phoenix Suns as well as the Major Indoor Soccer League's New York Arrows. [1] [2] Albert ended his career as the television play-by-play announcer for the Phoenix Suns. [3] He retired following the Suns' 2016-2017 season.
He also served as a broadcaster for the New York Islanders, New York Rangers, Cleveland Crusaders [4] and New York Jets, and as the sports anchor at WCBS-TV, WNBC-TV and WWOR-TV and did morning sports reports on WABC (AM). He covered major boxing fights on Showtime Championship Boxing for 17 years, including the infamous " Bite Fight" between Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield in 1997. He was inducted in the International Boxing Hall of Fame [5] as a member of the Class of 2018.
Steve was the play-by-play announcer for the " MTV Rock N' Jock" [6] celebrity sports specials, partnered with comedian & game show host, Ken Ober, during the 1990s.
He has also been a co-host on the short-lived syndicated game show The Grudge Match alongside future Minnesota governor Jesse Ventura. He was also the play-by-play announcer for Battle Dome. [7]
Albert is the younger brother of broadcasters Marv Albert and Al Albert. He is the uncle of current NFL on Fox and NHL on TNT announcer Kenny Albert.
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Steve Albert (born Stephen Aufrichtig on April 26, 1952, in Brooklyn, New York) is an American former sportscaster. He has served as a play-by-play announcer for the New Jersey Nets, New Orleans Hornets, Golden State Warriors, New York Mets, and Phoenix Suns as well as the Major Indoor Soccer League's New York Arrows. [1] [2] Albert ended his career as the television play-by-play announcer for the Phoenix Suns. [3] He retired following the Suns' 2016-2017 season.
He also served as a broadcaster for the New York Islanders, New York Rangers, Cleveland Crusaders [4] and New York Jets, and as the sports anchor at WCBS-TV, WNBC-TV and WWOR-TV and did morning sports reports on WABC (AM). He covered major boxing fights on Showtime Championship Boxing for 17 years, including the infamous " Bite Fight" between Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield in 1997. He was inducted in the International Boxing Hall of Fame [5] as a member of the Class of 2018.
Steve was the play-by-play announcer for the " MTV Rock N' Jock" [6] celebrity sports specials, partnered with comedian & game show host, Ken Ober, during the 1990s.
He has also been a co-host on the short-lived syndicated game show The Grudge Match alongside future Minnesota governor Jesse Ventura. He was also the play-by-play announcer for Battle Dome. [7]
Albert is the younger brother of broadcasters Marv Albert and Al Albert. He is the uncle of current NFL on Fox and NHL on TNT announcer Kenny Albert.