Steve Albert

{{Short description|American sportscaster (born 1952)}}

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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.{{cite web|url=http://www.nba.com/hornets/news/albert_040913.html|title = Charlotte Hornets News Headlines|website = NBA.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOWLSEfNSlc|title = NY Arrows vs. St. Louis Steamers, 1981-82 MISL Finals, Game 4 - PART ONE (5/23/82)|website = YouTube| date=September 21, 2014 }} Albert ended his career as the television play-by-play announcer for the Phoenix Suns.{{cite web|last=Cunningham|first=Cody|title=Phoenix Suns {{sic|Telev|ison|nolink=y}} Voice Steve Albert Retires|url=http://www.nba.com/suns/press-release/phoenix-suns-televison-voice-steve-albert-retires|website=nba.com|date=April 18, 2007|access-date=April 23, 2017}} He retired following the Suns' 2016–2017 season.

He also served as a broadcaster for the New York Islanders, New York Rangers, Cleveland Crusaders{{cite web|url=http://www.nba.com/suns/steve-albert-joins-suns-broadcast-team|title = Steve Albert Joins Suns Broadcast Team|website = NBA.com}} 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 {{cite web |url=http://www.ibhof.com/pages/inductionweekend/2018/18_announce.html |title=Class of 2018 Announced In Canastota! |website=www.ibhof.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171206165009/http://www.ibhof.com/pages/inductionweekend/2018/18_announce.html |archive-date=December 6, 2017}}

as a member of the Class of 2018.

Steve was the play-by-play announcer for the "MTV Rock N' Jock"{{cite news|url=https://uproxx.com/dimemag/mtv-rock-n-jock-where-are-they-now-1991/ |work=uproxx | title=Looking Back At The '90s Stars Of MTV's Rock N' Jock, 25 Years Later | first=Alia | last=Stearns | date=May 27, 2016}} 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.{{cite web |last1=Holtzclaw |first1=Mike |title=REAL BATTLES, FANTASY CAST |url=https://www.dailypress.com/news/dp-xpm-19991031-1999-10-31-9910290035-story.html |newspaper=Daily Press|access-date=December 25, 2019 |date=October 31, 1999}}