Michael Kay

Michael Kay may refer to:

Michael Kay (sports broadcaster)

Michael Neil Kay (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 (which began being simulcast on the aforementioned YES Network 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, Charlie Slowes, Chris Carrino, Jack Curry, Spero Dedes, Ryan Ruocco, 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.

Michael Kay (professor)

Michael Kay is an American academic. Formerly of Alfred University, he was summarily dismissed from his post in 1970, allegedly for his political opinions and his support for black students and an end to restrictive college policies. His cause was taken up by the university student government (IGA), which voted to establish an IGA Visiting Fellowship and to make Kay its first recipient. Among his most prominent defenders was Noam Chomsky.

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