Brian Kenny (sportscaster)

Sportscaster Brian Kenny (born October 18, 1963), anchors the 6 p.m. edition of "SportsCenter" for ESPN and is the host of ESPN2's Friday Night Fights.

Career

Before ESPN

Kenny has a BFA in Communication Arts, attending New York Institute of Technology and St. John's University (New York City).Fact|date=March 2007 He got his start as a journalist at Long Island News Tonight at NY Tech.

Before working for ESPN, he worked for WTZA in Kingston, New York. [ [http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/wail900_vena.htm Career references] from CyberBoxingZone Journal.]

Career at ESPN

Kenny anchors the 6pm eastern SportsCenter, and is the host of Friday Night Fights on ESPN2. With ESPN, he has also hosted Baseball Tonight, and "The Hot List" on ESPNEWS. On ESPN2's "Friday Night Fights" he is known for his heated, yet entertaining debates with some of the best boxers in the world, particularly Floyd Mayweather. Kenny also hosts the ESPN Classic series "The Top 5 Reasons You Can't Blame...", which debuted in 2005.

In 2005, he hosted a brand-new special series called "Ringside". It runs three to six hours long an episode and featured on each episode one great boxer. Among the boxers that were spotlighted on the show were Joe Louis, Muhammad Ali, and Mike Tyson.Fact|date=March 2007

Kenny appears as himself in the 2006 film "Rocky Balboa", and in the 2007 film "Resurrecting the Champ". [ [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0448548/ Appearance in "Rocky Balboa"] : Filmography at the Internet Movie Database.]

In October 2007, he co-hosted a daily radio show on 1050 ESPN Radio (WEPN) in New York City with Max Kellerman. Kellerman and Kenny broadcasted weekday from 10AM-1PM. On September 15, 2008, Kenny left the radio broadcast to spend more time on his television career. Kellerman remained, renaming the program The Max Kellerman Show. It can be heard on satellite radio XM-Channel 141, as well as terrestrial radio in New York's WEPN. [ [http://www.northjersey.com/page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjczN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk4NjAmZmdiZWw3Zjd2cWVlRUV5eTcyMTU1NzYmeXJpcnk3ZjcxN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk5 Radio Waves: Kenny gets 1050 host gig] ]

Awards and nominations

Brian won a National Sports Emmy for Baseball Tonight in 2003, was named Sports Illustrated's Media Personality of the Year in 2004, and received the 2005 Sam Taub Award as the Boxing Writers Association's "Boxing Broadcaster of the Year". He was also the ESPN "Volunteer of the Year" in 2007.

Personal life

Kenny is married with 5 children. His oldest daughter, Alexandra, is a professional ballerina.

References

External links

* [http://stations.espn.go.com/stations/1050espnradio/story?id=brian_kenny1 1050 ESPN Radio Bio]
* [http://www.graduationwisdom.com/speeches/0027-kenny.htm Brian Kenny's inspirational graduation speech with great sport quotes]