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===Outside basketball=== ====New York Rangers==== In addition to the Knicks, Albert had a lengthy tenure (beginning in [[1965β66 NHL season|1965]]) calling the games of another [[Madison Square Garden]] tenant, the [[New York Rangers]]. He handled the radio call of the Rangers' [[1994 Stanley Cup Finals|Stanley Cup-clinching victory in 1994]]. He also famously coined the nickname "Red Light" for radio analyst [[Sal Messina]], a former Rangers goaltender. His signature play-by-play phrase was "kick save and a beauty." Over his years as the Rangers' broadcaster, Albert missed a large number of games for other commitments. Many other broadcasters filled in, including several who later served long stints for other NHL teams, including [[Howie Rose]], [[Mike Emrick]], and [[John Kelly (sportscaster)|John Kelly]], as well as Albert's brothers [[Al Albert (sportscaster)|Al]] and [[Steve Albert|Steve]]. It was his absence from Game 7 of the [[New York Rangers|Rangers]]β[[New Jersey Devils|Devils]] Eastern Conference Finals game that led to Rose's famed [[StΓ©phane Matteau|''Matteau, Matteau, Matteau'']] call.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kaplan |first=Dave |date=2019-02-08 |title=For Stephane Matteau, a Famous Goal Could Not Cover the Darkness (Published 2019) |language=en |work=[[New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/08/sports/hockey/stephane-matteau-rangers.html |access-date=2023-08-19}}</ref> Albert left the Rangers after the [[1994β95 NHL season|1994β95 season]]. At the same time, Rose took the job as a play-by-play announcer of the [[New York Islanders]]. Albert's son, [[Kenny Albert|Kenny]], replaced him and has been the radio voice of the Rangers ever since. Kenny also calls NHL and Olympic ice hockey for [[NBC Sports]] and has served as the national radio voice of the [[Stanley Cup Finals]] since 2016. ====New York Giants==== From [[1973 New York Giants season|1973]] to [[1976 New York Giants season|1976]], Albert called radio broadcasts of [[New York Giants]] football games, succeeding [[Marty Glickman]] after the latter started broadcasting for the [[New York Jets]]. ====''Monday Night Football''==== Albert was also the lead play-by-play voice of the [[Westwood One (1976β2011)|Westwood One]] radio network's [[NFL on Westwood One|NFL coverage]] from the [[2002 NFL season|2002]] to the [[2009 NFL season|2009]] seasons,<ref name=NYT11>{{cite news|last1=Sandomir|first1=Richard|title=Marv Albert to Call N.F.L. Games for CBS|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/07/sports/football/marv-albert-to-call-nfl-games-for-cbs.html?ref=topics|access-date=15 March 2017|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=June 6, 2011}}</ref> calling ''[[Monday Night Football]]'' as well as numerous [[NFL playoffs|playoff]] games and every [[Super Bowl]] from [[Super Bowl XXXVII|2003]] to [[Super Bowl XLIV|2010]]. On June 4, 2010, it was announced that Albert was leaving his ''NFL on Westwood One'' duties.<ref>{{cite web|title=Marv Albert leaves Westwood One football play-by-play gig|url=http://www.newsday.com/sports/media/marv-albert-leaves-westwood-one-football-play-by-play-gig-1.1981392|website=newsday.com|date=June 4, 2010 |publisher=Newsday|access-date=15 March 2017}}</ref> He was succeeded by [[Kevin Harlan]]. ====''NFL on CBS''==== On June 6, 2011, it was announced Albert was joining [[CBS Sports]] to call play-by-play for ''[[NFL on CBS|The NFL on CBS]]''.<ref name=NYT11/><ref>{{cite web|last=Vanderberg|first=Marcus|title=Marv Albert Joins The NFL on CBS|url=http://www.mediabistro.com/sportsnewser/marv-albert-joins-the-nfl-on-cbs_b10181|access-date=6 June 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110610162959/http://www.mediabistro.com/sportsnewser/marv-albert-joins-the-nfl-on-cbs_b10181|archive-date=10 June 2011}}</ref> Albert was usually teamed with [[Rich Gannon]] on broadcasts. On May 29, 2014, Albert stepped down from calling ''The NFL on CBS'' to focus more on his basketball duties for TNT and CBS.<ref>{{cite web|last=Yoder|first=Matt|title=Marv Albert stepping away from NFL on CBS to focus on basketball duties|date=29 May 2014|url=http://awfulannouncing.com/2014/marv-albert-stepping-away-from-nfl-on-cbs-to-focus-on-basketball-duties.html|access-date=29 May 2014}}</ref> ====Other network duties==== Other [[NBC Sports]] duties included play-by-play announcing for the [[NFL on NBC|NFL]] (by [[1983 NFL season|1983]], Albert was the No. 2 play-by-play man behind [[Dick Enberg]], usually alternating the secondary NFL role year to year with [[Don Criqui]]), [[College Basketball on NBC|college basketball]] (teaming with [[Bucky Waters]] on [[Big East Conference (1979β2013)#Men's basketball|Big East]]/[[Eastern College Athletic Conference|ECAC]] games), [[Thoroughbred Racing on NBC|horse racing]], [[Boxing on NBC|boxing]] (often working with [[Ferdie Pacheco]] and subsequently, [[Sugar Ray Leonard]] when NBC relaunched boxing under the ''[[Premier Boxing Champions]]'' umbrella),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://awfulannouncing.com/2015/marv-albert-sugar-ray-leonard-nbcs-boxing-announcing-team.html |title=Marv Albert and Sugar Ray Leonard are NBC's boxing announcing team|last1=Yoder|first1=Matt|date=9 February 2015|website=Awful Announcing}}</ref> [[NHL on NBC|NHL]] [[National Hockey League All-Star Game|All-Star Games]] (Albert called the NHL All-Star Game with [[John Davidson (ice hockey)|John Davidson]] on NBC from [[41st National Hockey League All-Star Game|1990]] to [[45th National Hockey League All-Star Game|1994]]), and [[Major League Baseball on NBC|Major League Baseball]], as well as hosting baseball [[Major League Baseball: An Inside Look|studio and pre-game shows]] (including NBC's coverage of the [[1986 World Series|1986]] and [[1988 World Series]] alongside Bob Costas). He also spent 13 years as the sports director of the network's flagship station, [[WNBC-TV]], in New York. Albert also called regular-season and playoff NHL games for the syndicated [[NHL Network (1975 TV program)|NHL Network]] in the [[1976β77 NHL season|1976β77 season]], and, from 2000 to 2002, he helped call TNT's coverage of the [[Wimbledon Championships]] tennis tournament.
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