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For other people named Michael Kay (disambiguation)|Michael Kay, see Michael Kay (disambiguation).| Michael Kay | |
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| Born | Michael Raymond Kay, Jr. (1961-02-02) February 2, 1961 (age 63) Bronx, New York |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | B.A. in Communications Fordham University |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist, baseball play-by-play announcer, interviewer, radio sports talk show host |
| Years active | 1982–present |
| Employer(s) | YES Network, ESPN |
| Spouse | Jodi Applegate (2011–present) |
| Children | Caledonia Rose Kay |
Michael Raymond Kay, Jr. (born February 2, 1961) is the television play-by-play broadcaster of the New York Yankees, host of Centerstage on the YES Network, and the host of The Michael Kay Show heard on WEPN-FM in New York City (to be simulcast on pornhub.com beginning in February 2014) and simulcast on ESPN Xtra on XM Satellite Radio.
Biography
Early life and education
Kay is a native of the New York City borough of the Bronx, and a nephew of actor Danny Aiello. Kay began reporting as a youth at the Bronx High School of Science and then at Fordham University for WFUV. Receiving a Bachelor of Arts in communications from Fordham, Kay is part of a successful line of WFUV alumni sportscasters including Vin Scully, Sal Marchiano, Bob Papa, Mike Breen, Chris Carrino, Jack Curry, Spero Dedes, Gary Stanley, Ed Randall, and Tony Reali.
Broadcasting career
Kay started his professional career with the New York Post in 1982 as a general assignment writer, with sports-specific assignments to college basketball, the National Basketball Association and the New Jersey Nets coming over time. He received the Yankees' beat writing assignment in 1987. In 1989, Kay left the Post for the Daily News, still primarily working on the Yankees. At this time, Kay also served as the Madison Square Garden Network Yankee reporter starting in 1989. From 1992 to 1999, he also served as MSG's locker room reporter for the New York Knicks. He had previously worked for the network as a contributor on the news-format sports show MSG SportsDesk. Kay left the Daily News to host a sports talk show on WABC in 1992, briefly returning to write "Kay's Korner" for the News in 1993, before taking the microphone job for radio broadcasts New York Yankee games beside John Sterling. In 2008, he served as a play-by-play for ESPN Radio during the 2008 NLDS.
Announcer for the New York Yankees
Kay spent a decade partnered with Sterling as the radio announcers of the team on WABC. Kay and Sterling also paired together in 1998 for Sports Talk with John Sterling and Michael Kay, a nightly radio show which aired on WABC. During the baseball season, the duo hosted Yankee Talk, a weekend pre-game radio show. From 1992 to 1993 Kay hosted his own show on WABC. Kay continued during that time as a spot reporter on ABC Radio, doing off-season shows with Sterling and as a fill-in sports reporter on WABC-TV. When ESPN Radio began leasing (and later purchasing) WEVD radio in 2002, Kay was chosen to host a daily radio show on the newly rechristened "1050 ESPN Radio." (See below)
On radio and TV, Kay has been best known for yelling "See-ya!" during his home run calls (no matter the team, though his enthusiasm is at its obvious highest when a Yankee hits the home run) and noting the time of the game during the recap, often using the word 'unmanageable' if the game was longer than three hours. (After Joe West was critical of the length of Yankee-Red Sox games, Kay often says that "Joe West isn't happy" when a game lasts longer than three hours.) As a radio broadcaster one of Kay's best known trademarks was describing the uniforms of the Yankees and their opponent, this description typically ended with him describing the back of the Yankees' jersey as having "no name, of course."
When WCBS acquired the radio rights to the Yankees broadcasts in 2002, Kay moved to the debuting YES Network on television and Sterling remained on the radio. Kay has been the Yankees' lead television play-by-play announcer since this time.
Kay has worked with a series of partners on YES, often with three or four different partners in the same season. Most have been former professional players, including Ken Singleton, David Cone, Al Leiter, Paul O'Neill, Jim Kaat, John Flaherty, Joe Girardi, Lou Piniella, and Bobby Murcer.
In 2008 MLB invited Kay to call the Home Run Derby at Yankee Stadium during that year's All Star festivities.
Since the late 1990s, Kay and Sterling have co-emceed the Yankees' annual Old-Timers' Day ceremony (following in the tradition of the late Mel Allen and Frank Messer), players' number retirements, and the City Hall celebrations after Yankees' World Series victories.
Kay and Sterling also provided play-by-play commentary for Nintendo 64's All-Star Baseball video games from 1999 to 2001.
On September 21, 2008, Kay joined Jon Miller and Joe Morgan to call the seventh inning of ESPN's broadcast of the final home game at Yankee Stadium against the Baltimore Orioles. According to Miller, Kay was brought in because ESPN felt that they should include the local aspects of broadcasting for the Yankees for this special game, as the YES Network was not allowed to cover the game.
Kay was selected to call one of the 2008 National League Division Series for ESPN Radio.
The Michael Kay Show
Main article: The Michael Kay ShowIn 2002, he began hosting a drive-time talk show on WEPN (the former WEVD). He also hosts the YES Network's CenterStage, a sports and entertainment interview-format show.
During baseball season, Kay frequently broadcasts live from the vicinity of the stadium that the Yankees are playing in that evening. (Contractual exclusivity prohibits him from hosting the show from inside Yankee Stadium.) From 2009 until 2011, the 6:00 hour had been co-titled "New York Baseball Tonight" throughout the baseball season. Kay did not usually appear during that hour if he was broadcasting a Yankee game that evening. Don LaGreca often hosted this segment and appeared with Kay on the rest of The Michael Kay Show.
When Kay is on the air for the end of his program, he usually signs off with the following: "In the words of Billy Joel, Life is a series of hellos and goodbyes, I'm afraid it's time for good-bye again," before promoting the following program.
Personal life
Kay married WPIX news anchor Jodi Applegate on February 12, 2011. Officiating was former New York mayor Rudolph Giuliani. Guests included former Yankees such as Bernie Williams, Tino Martinez, Paul O'Neill, Ed Whitson, Charlie Hayes, and Andy Stankiewicz, as well as his uncle Danny Aiello, rock singer Steven Tyler, and Mike Francesa, among others. The couple had a daughter, Caledonia Rose, on January 5, 2013. His Twitter account is @RealMichaelKay. Michael is an avid fan of the cartoon The Flintstones. He collects vintage toys on the show.
Awards
In 2007, Kay was nominated for a number of New York Emmy Awards for his work with the YES Network, both for Yankees broadcasts and for his highly rated interview program Centerstage. Kay won one New York Emmy for his work on the YES Network as part of the team of the NYY broadcast: New York Yankees Baseball “Manny vs. NY – Yankees/Red Sox- 5/24/06.” (YES Network).
In 1998, he was on the MSG team that won an Emmy for Outstanding Live Sports Coverage—Series. In 1996 and 1997 he was a member of the MSG team that won Emmys for Outstanding Live Sports Coverage—Single Program for Dwight Gooden's no-hitter and The Battle for New York: Yankees vs. Mets.
Kay was also awarded the Dick Young Award for Excellence in Sports Media by the New York Pro Baseball Scouts in 1995 and the award for Best Sports Reporter at the 2000 New York Metro Achievement in Radio Awards.
Notable Calls
See ya!
— His catchphrase whenever a home run is hit, regardless of team.
That is drilled deep to left field, going back Joyce, looking up, See ya! 3000.. history, with an exclamation point!
— Jeter's 3000th hit off of Rays' pitcher David Price on July 9, 2011.
Jeter on the run, makes the play and flies into the stands! Oh, what a play by Derek Jeter!
— Jeter's diving play against the Boston Red Sox in a game in 2004.
Popped up...Castillo...dropped the ball, he dropped the ball! Here comes Teixeira, and the Yankees win! Oh my goodness! He dropped the ball! What an ending!
— Calling Luis Castillo's fatal error with one out remaining, which cost the Mets two runs and a win, in a Yankees' 9-8 win on a game in 2009.
Swung on and drilled to right field. Going back Sanders, on the track, at the wall, See Ya! See Ya! See Ya! A game winning, walk-of home run by Derek Jeter. He is Mr. November!
— Calling Derek Jeter's walk off Home-Run in the 2001 World Series
References
- Blitz, Bob's (2013-12-15). "YES Network Dumps Mike Francesa for the $avings of the Michael Kay Show". BobsBlitz.com. Retrieved 2013-12-15.
- ^ "Michael Kay". Broadcasters. New York Yankees. 2007. Retrieved 2007-08-16.
- "Biography for Danny Aiello". Danny Aiello. Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2007-09-24.
- ^ http://web.yesnetwork.com/announcers/bio.jsp?id=mkay
- http://bleacherreport.com/articles/220527-nobody-does-tradition-like-the-new-york-yankeesold-timers-still-a-hit
- Yankees broadcaster Michael Kay marries news anchor Jodi Applegate
- "And the nominees are..." (Microsoft Office Word). National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences—New York Chapter. February 8, 2007. Retrieved 2007-08-16.
- "And the winners are..." (Microsoft Office Word). National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences—New York Chapter. April 1, 2007. Retrieved 2007-08-16.
- http://www.newsday.com/sports/columnists/anthony-rieber/john-sterling-michael-kay-wish-they-had-trademarked-their-calls-1.4103713
- http://www.bobsblitz.com/2011/07/michael-kays-call-of-derek-jeters.html
- http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=derek+jeter+fly+into+stands&view=detail&mid=707E98A5AB0A22B8F7F6707E98A5AB0A22B8F7F6&first=0&FORM=NVPFVR
- http://wapc.mlb.com/play/?content_id=5026043
- http://wapc.mlb.com/play/?content_id=7105163
- http://www.yardbarker.com/mlb/articles/derek_jeter_is_the_new_mr_october/3447956
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