Legendary NBA play-by-play man Marv Albert officially announced Monday morning that he will be retiring after TNT's coverage of the Eastern Conference Finals. It had been reported that Albert was planning to step away after 55 years in the business.
Albert released this statement:
“My 55 years of broadcasting the NBA has just flown by and I’ve been fortunate to work with so many wonderful and talented people, said Albert. “Now, I’ll have the opportunity to hone my gardening skills and work on my ballroom dancing.”
Throughout his illustrious broadcasting career, Marv Albert called 25 All-Star Games, 13 NBA Finals and the 1992 Olympics featuring The Dream Team.
Albert became a household name as a voice of the New York Knicks. He was actually a Knicks ballboy before becoming a Knicks broadcaster in the late 1960s.
The 79-year-old joined NBC Sports in 1977 and was the primary play-by-play announcer for the NBA on NBC starting in 1990. He called many a big game during Michael Jordan's Chicago Bulls dynasty, with plenty of Bulls-Knicks duels in there.
While Albert is known for calling NBA games, he announced plenty of other sports as well, including the NFL, MLB, NHL, college basketball and boxing. In addition to the Knicks, he called New York Rangers games at the start of his long career.
Marv Albert was awarded the Curt Gowdy Media Award by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1997. He earned a number of other honors throughout his legendary broadcasting career.
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