Marv Albert

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Marv Albert is a renowned American sportscaster best known as the longtime voice of NBA basketball and a prominent play-by-play announcer across multiple major sports.

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Marv Albert canonical 4

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instanceOf human
play-by-play announcer
sportscaster
television personality
awardReceived CableACE Award
Curt Gowdy Media Award
birthName Marvin Philip Aufrichtig
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
coveredEvent NBA Finals games
surface form: NBA Finals

Olympic basketball
NHL playoffs
surface form: Stanley Cup Finals

Super Bowl
coveredLeague National Basketball Association
National Football League
National Hockey League
coveredSport American football
basketball
boxing
ice hockey
dateOfBirth 1941-06-12
employer MSG Network
NBC Sports
TBS
TNT
Turner Sports
YES Network
ethnicGroup Jewish American
familyName Albert
fieldOfWork sports broadcasting
fullName Marv Albert self-link
givenName Marv
hallOfFameInduction Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
surface form: Basketball Hall of Fame media wing
languageSpoken English
nickname the voice of basketball
notableCatchphrase Yes!
notableFor NBA play-by-play announcing
notableWork New York Knicks play-by-play announcer on radio and television
lead NBA play-by-play announcer for NBC
lead NBA play-by-play announcer for TNT
occupation radio sports commentator
sportscaster
television sports commentator
placeOfBirth Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States
relative Al Albert
Kenny Albert
Steve Albert
religion Judaism
residence New York City
surface form: New York City, New York, United States
retirement retired from full-time NBA broadcasting in 2021
spouse Heather Faulkiner
teamCovered Brooklyn Nets
surface form: New Jersey Nets

New York Giants
New York Jets
New York Knicks
New York Rangers

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