Brian Kenny Bio, Wiki
Brian Kenny is an award-winning American sportscaster working for MLB Network, serving as a studio host. He is also featured on the offseason countdown series Top 10 Right Now.
Brian Kenny Age
Kenny is 59 years old as of 2023. He was born in New York City, New York, United States on the 18th of October 1963.
Brian Kenny Height
Kenny stands approximately 6 feet 2 inches (1. 88 ) and weighs around 93 kg.
Brian Kenny Education
For his education, Brian enrolled in St. John’s University and the New York Institute of Technology where he graduated magna cum laude from New York Tech in 1985.
Brian Kenny Career
Kenny serves as a studio host, appearing across MLB Network’s studio programming, including as a host of MLB Network’s special event coverage and as the host of the analytics-focused panel program MLB Now and the Emmy Award-winning flagship studio show, MsLB Tonight. He is also featured on the offseason countdown series Top 10 Right Now. On MLB Now, Brian hosts a one-hour live day-to-day panel talk that covers the latest trends and breaking news in the game with perspectives from baseball journalists, broadcasters, sabermetricians, and current and former players and managers.
Kenny came to MLB Network from ESPN, where he served as host of the Brian Kenny Show on ESPN Radio, anchor of the 6 p.m. ET edition of SportsCenter, and Friday Night Fights on ESPN2. Previously, he was an ESPN anchor for Baseball Tonight, receiving a Sports Emmy Award in 2003. Kenny hosted ESPN’s coverage of the National Baseball Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony in Cooperstown, N.Y., and called play-by-play for ESPN’s Wednesday Night Baseball and the World Baseball Classic.
In 2004, he was voted”Media Personality of the Year” by SI.com, and in 2005 he was the recipient of the Sam Taub Award, offered by the Boxing Writers Association of America to the Boxing Broadcaster of the Year. In the 2006 film, Kenny appeared as himself “Rocky Balboa,” in the 2007 film “Resurrecting the Champ” and in the IFC series “Brockmire” in 2017.
Before joining ESPN, he served as Sports Director at WTZA-TV in Kingston, New York, for 11 years (1986-1997). While at WTZA, he earned five Associated Press Awards for Journalistic Excellence and 11 New York State Broadcasters Association Awards. From 1985-86, he served as a news reporter, then sports anchor at WLIG-TV in Riverhead, New York.
Kenny attended St. John’s University and the New York Institute of Technology where he graduated magna cum laude from New York Tech in 1985. He is a married man and has five children. Besides being a sportscaster, Kenny is the writer of Ahead of the Curve: Inside the Baseball Revolution (Simon & Schuster, 2016).
Brian Kenny’s Net Worth
In Brian’s career as a sportscaster, he was able to amass a net worth between $5 Million and $ 10 million
Brian Kenny Salary
Brian acquires annual earnings that range between $ 225, 865, and $ 315, 345.
Brian Kenny’s Parents and Siblings
Kenny was born and raised to parents in New York City, New York, the United States. Growing up, his parents ensured he got the best upbringing possible. Besides this, the news anchor has not revealed any further information about his parents or siblings if he has any.
Brian Kenny Wife
Kenny is married to Nicole Jacqueline Desy though he has not said much about their union. The duo has been together for more than three decades and they are proud parents of five.
Brian Kenny MLB Network
Kenny works at MLB Network, where he works alongside his fellow anchors, reporters, and meteorologists, such as;
- Yonder Alonso
- Greg Amsinger
- Ruben Amaro, Jr.
- A.J. Andrews
- Alex Avila
- Ron Darling
- Ryan Dempster
- Mark DeRosa
- Robert Flores
- Cliff Floyd
- Peter Gammons
- Lauren Gardner
- Al Leiter
- Mike Lowell
- Keiana Martin
- Pedro Martinez
- Cameron Maybin
- Kevin Millar
- Jon Morosi
- Kelly Nash
- Melanie Newman
- Dan O’Dowd
- Jake Peavy
- Hunter Pence
- Carlos Peña
- Bo Porter
- Albert Pujols
- Harold Reynolds
- Bill Ripken
- Alanna Rizzo
- Christopher Russo
- Siera Santos
- Xavier Scruggs
- Lauren Shehadi
- Joel Sherman
- Jim Thome
- Matt Vasgersian
- Adnan Virk
- Tom Verducci
- Chris Young
- Jayson Stark
- Dan Plesac
- Matt Yallof
- Bob Costas
- Jon Heyman
Brian Kenny Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram
Kenny is vocal on his social media accounts, where he posts often. On his Twitter account, he has about 85.9K Followers 19.5K followers on his Facebook page, and 4,174 followers, on his Instagram account.