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Kenny Williams, DDS - Kenny Williams, DDS - San Diego, CA 91942 - Dr. kennywilliamsdds.com |
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. As of February 2, 2009, Brian Kenny also hosts the nightly ESPN Radio show The Brian Kenny Show, which airs from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m. nationally. He graduated from Island Trees High School in Levittown, NY
[edit] Biography[edit] Before ESPNKenny has a BFA in Communication Arts, attending New York Institute of Technology and St. John's University (New York City).[citation needed] 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.[1] [edit] Career at ESPNKenny 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.[citation needed] Kenny appears as himself in the 2006 film Rocky Balboa and in the 2007 film Resurrecting the Champ,[2] and also served with fellow ESPN personality John Saunders as the "announcing team" for a home demolition during an episode of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition that aired on November 2, 2008. (The episode involved a project in which the Extreme Makeover team built a new home and gym for a family that operated a youth boxing gym in Geneva, New York.) Prior to beginning his current national radio show, he co-hosted with Max Kellerman on ESPN Radio's New York City affiliate, WEPN, between November 2007 and the fall of 2008. [edit] Awards and nominationsBrian 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 also received ESPN's "Volunteer of the Year" award in 2007. [edit] Personal lifeKenny is married with 5 children. His oldest daughter, Alexandra, is a professional ballerina. [edit] References
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