Name Steve Albert Role Sportscaster | Education Kent State University Siblings Marv Albert, Al Albert | |
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Steve Albert (born Stephen Aufrichtig in Brooklyn, New York) was an American 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. He last was the television play-by-play announcer for the Phoenix Suns. He retired after the Phoenix Suns 2016-2017 season.
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He also served as a broadcaster for the New York Islanders, New York Rangers, Cleveland Crusaders 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 has also been a co-host on the short-lived syndicated game show The Grudge Match alongside future Minnesota governor Jesse Ventura.
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Personal life
His oldest brother is Marv Albert, and his elder brother is Al Albert and his nephew is Kenny.