Steve Albert comes from a family of sportscasters. His older brothers Marv and Al are well known for their decades of work in the business and his nephew Kenny carries on the tradition.

Steve started his career announcing for the Cleveland Crusaders of the World Hockey Association and transitioned to basketball, calling New York Nets games in the American Basketball Association. He called the historic final ABA championship, featuring the legendary Julius Erving, aka Dr. J. The Nets role evolved into a 24-year run in the NBA with the New Jersey Nets, Golden State Warriors, New Orleans Hornets and Phoenix Suns. He was named the top sports announcer in Arizona by the Arizona Republic and won an Emmy Award for his play-by-play.

Alongside his NBA work, Steve announced professional boxing nationally for over 25 years, 23 of them for Showtime Championship Boxing, calling countless marquee fights. He did blow-by-blow for over 300 world title bouts, including the infamous Mike Tyson-Evander Holyfield Bite Fight to an audience of millions.

That led to Steve’s induction into the prestigious International Boxing Hall of Fame. Steve was also inducted into the World Boxing Hall of Fame and the New York State Boxing Hall of Fame. He received the coveted Sam Taub Award for Excellence in Boxing Broadcast Journalism from the Boxing Writers Association of America and was twice named Announcer of the Year by the International Boxing Federation.

Amidst all of his play-by-play duties, Steve was a sports anchor at WCBS-TV, WNBC- TV, WOR-TV (now WWOR-TV) and WABC radio in New York.

Earlier in his career, he announced for the New York Mets, the New York Islanders, and the New York Jets. Steve has also appeared in numerous movies, television dramas and sitcoms, along with many TV and radio commercials.

He was the host and play-by-play announcer for the long-running MTV Rock n’ Jock series, working with dozens of major celebrities and sports stars. Steve’s diverse career included the nationally televised call of daredevil Robbie Knievel’s motorcycle jump over the fountains of Caesars Palace and play-by-play in the iconic Sesame Street video, Elmo’s Potty Time. He also hosted two nationally syndicated sports competition game shows, The Grudge Match and Battle Dome.

Steve graduated from Kent State University with a bachelor of science degree in telecommunications. While in college, he started the Kent State hockey team.

Steve retired from a 45-year career as a sportscaster in 2017.