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Michael Kay (born February 2, 1961) is the television play-by-play broadcaster of the New York...

Michael 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, WLIR-FM, WNJE, and XM141. As a native 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 University, Kay is part of a successful line of Fordham alumni sportscasters including Vin Scully, Bob Papa, Mike Breen, Chris Carrino and Spero Dedes. Kay started his professional career as a New York sports reporter writing for the New York Post in 1982 as a general assignment writer, with specific assignments to college basketball, the Nets, the NBA coming over time. He received the Yankees assignment in 1987. In 1989, Kay left the Post for the New York 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