Gary Cohen

Gary Cohen (born April 29,1958 in Queens, New York) is an American sportscaster, best known as a radio and television play-by-play announcer for the New York Mets of Major League Baseball.

Cohen joined the Mets' broadcast team in 1989, after stints as the voice of the minor league Durham Bulls and Pawtucket Red Sox. He also called ice hockey and basketball games for Providence College, and football for Brown University. Along with his work with the Mets, Cohen has also called postseason MLB games for ESPN Radio and basketball games for Seton Hall University and St. John's University on 1050 AM before it was taken over by ESPN. He also served as a backup announcer on New York Rangers radio broadcasts as well as calling Olympic hockey for Westwood One on multiple occasions. Cohen graduated with a political science degree from Columbia University, where he began his broadcasting career with WKCR Sports.

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Television

It was announced on November 9, 2005 that Cohen would become the play-by-play announcer for the new Mets cable television network, SportsNet New York (SNY). As part of the agreement, Cohen also calls about 25 Mets games per year on WPIX along with analysts (and former Mets) Ron Darling and Keith Hernandez.

Because of their popularity, Gary along with Keith and Ron have created a website [http://www.garykeithandron.com www.garykeithandron.com] where the net profit from the merchandise sold by the website goes to charity specifically, the Cobble Hill Health Center, Juvenile Diabetes Research Center, and The Danbury Women's Center.

Family

Cohen is married to Lynn Cohen and has five children, Jess, Jaclyn, Trevor, Kira and Zach. He lives in Ridgefield, Connecticut. [ [http://www.sny.tv/announcers/mets_onair.jsp#cohen SNY Profile] ]

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External links

* [http://www.sny.tv/announcers/mets_onair.jsp#cohen SportsNet New York Profile of Gary Cohen]
* [http://ultimatemets.com/profile.php?PlayerCode=5594 Ultimate Mets Database - Gary Cohen]
* [http://www.garykeithandron.com Gary Cohen, Keith Hernandez, and Ron Darling's Charity website]