Kenny Albert Profile
Kenny Albert is an American is an American Emmy Award-winning sportscaster working for FOX Sports. Albert has been calling NFL games for FOX Sports since its 1994 inception.
Kenny Albert Education
Albert, who grew up in Sands Point, covered high school sports for the Port Washington News at Paul D. Schreiber High School, an Anton Community Newspapers publication, from 1981 to 1986. Albert earned a degree in broadcasting and journalism from New York University in 1990. He was a Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity member. WNYU radio’s sports department was run by Albert. He was able to hone his quick responses while announcing local games while working there.
Kenny Albert Career
Albert serves at FOX Sports as the host of play-by-play for all four major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada (NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL). He collaborates with analyst Jonathan Vilma for FOX’s 2020 NFL coverage. Albert called his 425th network NFL broadcast in Week 17 of the 2019 NFL season, and he has called at least three games involving each NFL team during his career, totaling more than 60 matches with some. Albert’s 425 NFL games called as of the 2020 season rank him eighth all-time among play-by-play broadcasters and 14th among all NFL broadcasters. Albert ranks 10th among MLB play-by-play announcers with 397 network TV games called, and he ranks seventh in NHL with 310 network TV games called.
Albert was named the blow-by-blow announcer for FOX Sports’ Premier Boxing Champions coverage in 2018, tasked with calling some of the world’s most high-profile championship fights on FOX and FOX Sports PBC Pay-Per-View shows. The two-time Sports Emmy Award nominee in the play-by-play category (2015 and 2019) previously worked with analyst Rondé Barber from 2017 to 2019 and Daryl “Moose” Johnston from 2007 to 2016, calling five NFC Divisional playoff games as well as the 2008 Pro Bowl with Johnston and sideline analyst Tony Siragusa.
From 1992 to 1995, he also filled in on Washington Bullets and Baltimore Orioles broadcasts. He called the Stanley Cup Finals for ESPN2 and OLN in 1994, 1995, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019. Albert began his broadcasting career when he was 15 years old. He has collaborated with over 200 analysts from various sports. Albert is the son of Marv Albert, a legendary NBA announcer. His uncles, Steve and Al, are also well-known sportscasters. Larry King, the host of CNN’s “Larry King Live,” is his son.
Since the 1995-96 season, Albert has been the voice of New York Rangers games on MSG Radio. He called men’s and women’s ice hockey games from Salt Lake City during the 2002 Winter Olympics. Since 2012, Albert has been announcing for the NHL on NBC. In 2016, he provided commentary for NBCSN’s coverage of the Rio Olympics. On NBC, he has also called Premier Boxing Champions events, and on Westwood One Radio, he has called NFL games. He was the announcer for FS1’s coverage of the 2019 American League Division Series, the 2018 National League Division Series, the 2016 NLDS, the 2015 ALDS, and the 2001 NLDS. Albert has called NFL Europe games on FOX and worked from 1992 to 1995 for Home Team Sports, a regional sports cable carrier in the Baltimore-Washington, D.C. area.
Quick Facts About Kenny Albert
| Age | 53 years old as of 2021 |
| Nationality | American |
| Spouse | Barbara Wolf |
| Net Worth | $1 Million – $5 Million |
Kenny Albert Age
Albert is 53 years old as of 2021. He was born on 2 February 1968 in New York, New York, United States. He celebrates his birthday on 2 February every year.
Kenny Albert Height
Albert stands at the height of 5 feet 8 inches.
Kenny Albert Family
Albert’s parents gave him a tape recorder for his fifth birthday so that he could practice broadcasting. His father took him to a New York Rangers game on his sixth birthday in 1974.
Kenny Albert Wife
Albert lives in New Jersey with his 20-year wife, Barbara Wolf, and their two daughters, Amanda and Sydney. Jerry Coleman, a close friend, and Baltimore sports reporter introduced Albert to his wife.
Kenny Albert Salary
Being one of the top journalists for FOX Sports, Albert earns an annual salary ranging from $ 20,000 – $ 100,000.
Kenny Albert’s Net Worth
Albert has an estimated net worth of $1 Million – $5 Million which he has earned through his successful career as a sportscaster.
Kenny Albert FOX Sports
At FOX Sports Albert works alongside;
- Jon Paul Morosi
- Curt Menefee
- Urban Meyer
- Matt Millen
- Chris Myers
- Howie Long
- Donny Marshall
- Brandon Marshall
- Jason McIntyre
- Jamie McMurray
- Mark Schlereth
- Ken Rosenthal
- Bob Pockrass
- Tony Pedregon