播音生涯
紐約尼克斯(MSG)For 37 years beginning in 1967, Albert was the voice of the New York Knicks on radio and television (getting his start by being a ball boy for the Knicks before getting his first break on New York radio by sportscaster Marty Glickman) before being let go by the chairman of the MSG Network and Cablevision after Albert criticized the Knicks' poor play on-air in 2004.
NBC體育台edit] NBC Sports
In 1994, he called the Knicks' games when they were in the NBA Finals, but on NBC with Matt Guokas (Mike Breen and Walt "Clyde" Frazier provided the Knicks' play-by-play on radio; in 1999, it was Bob Costas and Doug Collins who called the Knicks' games when they were in the Finals while Albert, who had left NBC (see below), was on Knicks radio with John Andariese).
[edit] TNT
Albert continues to be the lead play-by-play announcer for National Basketball Association games on TNT, a position he assumed in 1999. Indeed, TNT has become his primary commitment ever since his longtime employer NBC lost the NBA broadcasting rights in 2002, and may have played a role in his departure from the Knicks' broadcast booth[citation needed]. The Knicks reportedly wanted Albert to accept a salary commensurate with his reduced Knicks schedule, but also weren't happy about Albert making what Knicks management felt were overly critical comments about their team in spite of their losing record. In basketball, his most famous call is his simple "Yesssss!" for a basket, rendered in many variations of volume and length depending on the situation; and a catch-word that he began using in his youth when playing pickup games with friends.
In 2005, Albert officially became the lead play-by-play man for the New Jersey Nets franchise and started calling their games in the 2005–2006 basketball season on the YES Network, often teaming with Brooklyn native and NBA veteran, Mark Jackson. Beginning with the 2008-09 season, Albert was also paired with his TNT broadcast colleague Mike Fratello on the YES Network. However with the Nets struggling this season, the Nets management relegated Albert to secondary play-by-play, to avoid a similar incident while Albert was with the Knicks.
其他籃球相關節目[edit] Other basketball related duties
He will reportedly call about 50 games a season, with his focus remaining on duties for westwood One and TNT. He also hosts a basketball-focused interview show on NBA TV, which also airs later on YES.
Since 2004, Albert has also been providing the play-by-play voice on the NBA Live video-game series on EA Sports.
[edit] Non-NBA-related NBC duties
Other NBC Sports duties that Albert held were play-by-play announcing for the NFL, college basketball, horse racing, boxing, NHL All-Star Games, and hosting Major League Baseball studio and pre-game shows. He also spent 13 years as the sports director of the network's flagship station, WNBC-TV.
[edit] New York Giants
From 1973 to 1976 Albert called radio broadcasts of New York Giants football games, succeeding Marty Glickman after the latter's defection to the New York Jets.
[edit] new york rangers
In addition to the Knicks, Albert had a lengthy tenure (beginning in 1965) calling the games of another Madison Square Garden tenant, the New York Rangers. He handled the radio call of the Rangers' Stanley Cup–clinching victory in 1994.
He also famously coined the phrase "Red Light" for radio analyst Sal Messina, a former Rangers goaltender. His signature play-by-play phrase was "kick save and a beauty."
Over his years as the Rangers broadcaster, Albert would miss a large number of games for other commitments. Many other broadcasters filled in, including several who would serve long stints for other NHL teams, including Howie Rose, Mike Emrick and John Kelly, as well as brothers Al and Steve. It was Albert's absence from Game 7 of the Rangers–Devils Conference Championship game that led to Rose's famed Matteau, Matteau, Matteau call.
Albert left the Rangers after the 1994–95 season at the same time Rose took the job as play-by-play announcer of the New York Islanders. Albert's son, Kenny replaced him, and has been the radio voice of the Rangers ever since.
[edit] Monday Night Football
Albert was also the lead play-by-play voice of the Westwood One radio network's National Football League coverage for several years, calling Monday Night Football as well as numerous playoff games and every Super Bowl beginning 2002. On June 4, 2010, it was announced that Albert would not be continuing his NFL on Westwood One duties beyond the 2009 season.[3] Albert had previously done NFL play-by-play for NBC from 1979 to 1997.
[edit] Championships
Including Super Bowl XLII, Marv has called the play-by-play of six Super Bowls, NBA Finals and seven Stanley Cup Finals. He has also called the Wimbledon Tennis Championships for TNT with Jim Courier and Mary Carillo. He also worked as a host and reporter for two World Series (1986 and 1988). He has also served as co-host of the Breeders Cup (1991–1996).
[edit] Popularity
Marv has gained credibility and popularity among younger television viewers during his many guest appearances on David Letterman's late night talk shows. Each time Albert appears, he brings with him a group of clips featuring sports Bloopers and outstanding plays, which he narrates and dubs the "Albert Achievement Awards." The music accompanying the bloopers is "12th Street Rag."
Albert was placed as number 14 on David J. Halberstam's list of Top 50 All Time Network Television Sports Announcers on Yahoo! Sports.
In 1992, he appeared as himself on Roger Waters's rock album Amused to Death, giving a mock commentary on the destruction of an oil rig on the song "Perfect Sense, Part II".
An "Albert Achievement Awards" video was released in 1993. It featured cameos by Charles Barkley, David Letterman, O. J. Simpson, Bob Costas, and Tom Brokaw.
[edit] Honors and awards
Cable ACE Award - six times.[4]
Curt Gowdy Media Award - awarded by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, 1994.[5]
Emmy Award - for national sports: five times; for New York: three times.[4]
Nassau County Sports Hall of Fame - inducted in 2006.[6]
National Jewish Museum Sports Hall of Fame - inducted in 1992.[7]
New York State Sportscaster of the Year - twenty times.[4][7]
[edit] Family
Albert's son, Kenny, is also a sports commentator, as he calls baseball and football for Fox, New York Rangers games on the radio, and has been one of NBC's commentators for ice hockey at the Winter Olympics, as well as NBC's NHL coverage. His daughter, Denise, is a reporter for NBA TV.
Marv has two younger brothers who also are announcers. Steve Albert is the former play-by-play announcer for several teams, including the New Orleans Hornets, New Jersey Nets, New York Islanders, New York Mets, and Golden St. Warriors. Steve is best known for his work on Showtime Championship Boxing, notably the Holyfield-Tyson bouts. Al Albert was the former play-by-play announcer for the Indiana Pacers and Denver Nuggets.
[edit] Sexual assault charges
Albert became the focus of a media frenzy in 1997, when he went on trial for felony charges of forcible sodomy.[8] A 42-year-old woman who had had a 10-year sexual relationship with him accused Albert of throwing her on a bed at the Ritz-Carlton in Pentagon City, Virginia, biting her on the back 15 times, sodomizing her, and forcing her to perform oral sex on him.[citation needed] She also claimed that he would force her to "face sit" him for periods of up to 45 minutes. Albert charged that the woman was seeking revenge as he was ending their relationship and "she couldn't imagine life without him".[citation needed] After DNA tests proved that the bite marks were his, he pleaded guilty to misdemeanor assault and battery charges, while the sodomy charge was dropped.[8][9] Albert was given a 12-month suspended sentence.[10]
[edit] Ousted from NBC
Consequently, NBC - for whom Albert worked for over 20 years - fired him shortly before the 1997-98 NBA season began on The NBA on NBC. Bob Costas took over for Albert on the basketball side in the 1997-98 season before stepping down after the 2000 NBA Finals for Albert's return. In addition, Tom Hammond spelled his football duties. It is also revealed on a Simpsons DVD commentary that he was to appear in the episode "Bart Star" but, due to the scandal, was replaced by Roy Firestone.
[edit] Return to NBC
NBC brought Albert back less than two years later, and he was the network's main play-by-play man for the 2000-01 and 2001-02 NBA seasons, including the finals. NBC lost the rights to the NBA to ABC following the 2001-02 season.
[edit] Quotations, calls and utterances
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"Oh! A spec-tacular move by Michael Jordan!"
"Oh! A facial!" (when a player dunks on another player)
"[Player] has found the touch." (when a player makes several shots in sequence)
"[Player] goes glass!"
"[Player] with the circus shot!"
"[Player] with the aerial!"
"[Player] has had the hot hand!"
"[Player] putting the move on [player]."
"[Player] able to hustle it down..."
"[Player] for three...yes!"
"From downtown" (a three point shot)
"And it's handled by [Player]..." (when a player easily grabs a rebound)
"[Player], he's been off." (when a player cannot make any shots)
"And you know he'd like to have that one back."
"Re-jected by [player]!"
"A very impressive stat line for [player]."
"[Coach] apparently not liking what he's seeing..." (when a coach calls a time out to reorganize his team).
"[Team] wants to talk it over." (when a coach calls a time out when the other team has gone on a run)
"Not what the [Team] had in mind."
"Kick-save, and a beauty!" (first used by Fred Cusick)
"Seven and two tenths seconds...remaining...in the fourth..." (when referring to the time left, Marv always says it this way, instead of saying "seven 'point' two seconds")
"[Player] finishing with some flair."
"Horry for the win... Yes!"[11]
"With authority!" (referring to a powerful slam dunk)
"For Cheryl Miller, Reggie Miller, the czar Mike Fratello, I'm Marv Albert saying so long from [arena name]"
"J.R. Smith wants a whopper and make it a double with cheese!!"
"Here's Bryant... to Gasol!"
"Coming up next, the award-winning Inside the NBA live from right here in Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas. It was a good one here in Cowboys Stadium, They set the record crowd, it went down to the finish. Marv Albert, along with Doug Collins, Reggie Miller, David Aldridge, and Craig Sager saying so long from North Texas. You're watching TNT, your home for the best NBA drama."
"On a beautiful 74 degree night in Southern California, we welcome you to Game 2 of the Western Conference Semifinals."
"Yes, and the foul."
"Yes, and it counts."
"It counts and the foul." "And that is the favorite move of Patrick Ewing of the New York Knicks." (1996 All-Star Game SAN ANTONIO)
