"I was up calling Game Five of the Rangers-Canucks Final series on NHL radio at the time. Kenny says his first date with Barbara was Game Three of the 1994 NBA Finals between the New York Knicks and Houston Rockets, but his wife didn't really see it that way. He and he wife Barbara have two grown-up daughters Amanda and Sydney. It would probably better than anything I could have learned in a classroom."Ī MIC for All Seasons/Triumph Books Kenny Albert familyĭespite keeping an insane broadcast schedule, Albert has prioritized having a strong family of his own. I would witness the communication between the broadcasters and the production truck and the communication between the play-by-play announcers and the color analysts. That was just a great learning experience. I would starting keeping stats as well for my father and another announcers. When I was old enough, I would take it to Madison Square Garden or Shea Stadium. I would start calling games into the recorder. I would set up my room like a radio or TV studio. I also received a tape recorder from my parents for my birthday when I was about five or six years old. I would just try to soak in all the stories they would tell, the various teams, coaches and players they were covering. "I tried to learn by osmosis when I was growing up in a sportscasting family, my father and whenever my two uncles Steve and Al would visit it was like I was listening to the first all sports radio station. He learned from much from his legendary dad, mostly by observing a master at his craft. Albert gave the eulogy at his funeral service in New Jersey.Ī good portion of A Mic for All Seasons (Triumph Books) focuses on Albert's relationships and family. Kenny gave the eulogy at Siragusa's funeral in Kenilworth, NJ in 2022.įOX Sports/A MIC for All Seasons/Triumph Books The FOX Sports team of Tony Siragusa, Daryl Johnston and Kenny Albert spent NFL eight seasons together. So whether it was riding around a race track in Charlotte, getting soaked by Shamu in San Diego, or taking an alligator swamp boat tour in Louisiana, we would go do some kind of activity." He wanted to take advantage and he lived life to its fullest. Tony never wanted to be sitting in a hotel room doing nothing. We got into a city on a Friday during football season, we'd go to the home team's practice and then we'll visit with the visiting team Saturday, but Saturday morning and early afternoon you have some down time. There are probably 6 to 8 things I've done in my life once and they were all with Tony. When I think of all the tremendous games we called, but a lot of the time off the field. "Those eight years provided so many highlights, memories and stories and a lot of them are in the book. Kenny enjoyed his time at FOX Sports with former Cowboys fullback and three-time Super Bowl champion Daryl "Moose" Johnston and the late Baltimore Ravens Super Bowl champion Tony "Goose" Siragusa.Īlbert says those years were extra special for him because of the rapport he had with "Moose" and "Goose." Doug Doyle/Zoom Kenny Albert joins SportsJam with Doug Doyle
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