By Hannah Jane Farron
FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS
Marv Albert (born Marvin Philip Aufrichtig; June 12, 1941) is an American former sportscaster. Honored for his work by the Basketball Hall of Fame, he was commonly referred to as “the voice of basketball”. From 1967 to 2004, he was also known as “the voice of the New York Knicks“. Albert was best known nationally for his work as the lead announcer for both the NBA on NBC and NBA games on TNT. In 2015, he was inducted into the Broadcasting Hall of Fame.
In addition to working extensively in both professional and college basketball, he has experience calling a variety of other sports, such as American football, ice hockey, horse racing, boxing, and tennis. Albert has called the play-by-play of eight Super Bowls, nine NBA Finals, and seven Stanley Cup Finals. He has also called the Wimbledon Tennis Championships for TNT with Jim Courier and Mary Carillo and has worked as a co-host and reporter for two World Series (1986 and 1988).
Albert hails from a family of broadcasters. His brothers, Al and Steve Albert, and a son, Kenny, are also play-by-play sports commentators.
Albert was born to a Jewish family in Brooklyn, New York City, where he went to Abraham Lincoln High School. His family members owned a grocery store on Brighton Beach Avenue between 3rd and 4th Streets known as Aufrichtig. He attended Syracuse University‘s Newhouse School of Public Communications from 1960 through 1963. In 1962, he served as the voice of the AAA Syracuse Chiefs. He graduated from New York University in 1965.
TODAY’S ALMANAC
Question of the Day
Advice of the Day
Home Hint of the Day
Word of the Day
Puzzle of the Day
The numerical state(s). (Abbreviations of U.S. states)
MI (1,001 in Roman numerals), Tenn (10), and MD (1,500 in Roman numerals).
CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS
sportscaster Marv Albert in 1941 (age 84)
actor Sonia Manzano in 1950 (age 75)
musician Bun E. Carlos (Cheap Trick) in 1950 (age 75)
actor Timothy Busfield in 1957 (age 68)
musician Meredith Brooks in 1958 (age 67)
musician John Linnell (They Might Be Giants) in 1959 (age 66)
comedian Scott Thompson in 1959 (age 66)
musician Bardi Martin (Candlebox) in 1969 (age 56)
actor Rick Hoffman in 1970 (age 55)
actor Jason Mewes in 1974 (age 51)
actor Timothy Simons in 1978 (age 47)
musician Robyn in 1979 (age 46)
model Adriana Lima in 1981 (age 44)
musician John Gourley (Portugal. The Man) in 1981 (age 44)
software developer Blake Ross in 1985 (age 40)
actor Dave Franco in 1985 (age 40)
musician Don Toliver in 1994 (age 31)
HISTORICAL EVENTS ON THIS DATE IN HISTORY
In 1935, U.S. Congress passed legislation establishing Big Bend National Park in southwest Texas. The park opened to visitors in July 1944.
In 1939, the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum was dedicated at Cooperstown, N.Y.
In 1963, civil rights leader Medgar Evers was killed by a sniper outside his home in Jackson, Miss.
In 1967, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that states couldn’t outlaw interracial marriages.
In 1974, after 35 years of existence, the Little League organization asked Congress to change the wording of its charter to allow young girls to play on teams. A decade later, Belgian outfielder Victoria Roche became the first girl to play on the championship roster of the Little League Baseball World Series.
In 1991, Boris Yeltsin became the first freely elected Russian president. Yeltsin, a key figure in the demise of the Soviet Union, was president until his resignation in 1999.
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