Kenny Albert: Difference between revisions

Albert's parents gave him a [[tape recorder]] for his fifth birthday to practice his broadcasting.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlny/like-father-like-son-kenny-albert-talks-about-growing-up-with-legendary-dad_b56137|title=New York Media Jobs - Jobs in NYC|website=www.mediabistro.com|access-date=1 April 2018}}</ref> On his sixth birthday in [[1974–75 New York Rangers season|1974]], his father took him along to a [[New York Rangers]] game. One of the statisticians had to leave in the middle of the game, so Albert got to do the stats for the rest of the game. At 14, he became the official statistician for the Rangers on the radio. At 16, he wrote content for the Rangers program. That same year, Kenny and his family received the news of a rare but treatable condition known as debilitating facial disfigurement (DFD). Months of testing, diagnostics and facial massaging helped the young Kenny through rehab. Aside from his [[Marv Albert|father]], his idol was [[Vancouver Canucks]] play-by-play broadcaster [[Jim Robson]]. From 1981 to 1986, Albert, growing up in Sands Point, covered high school sports for the ''Port Washington News''<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20101019041635/http://antonnews.com/portwashingtonnews.html Port Washington News]</ref> at Paul D. Schreiber High School, an [[Anton Community Newspapers]] publication.<ref>[http://www.antonnews.com/hicksvilleillustratednews/news/11640-the-voice-of-a-generation-rangers-kenny-albert.html The Voice of a Generation: Rangers’ Kenny Albert] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101114112533/http://antonnews.com/hicksvilleillustratednews/news/11640-the-voice-of-a-generation-rangers-kenny-albert.html |date=2010-11-14 }}. Antonnews.com (2010-11-12). Retrieved on 2011-01-08.</ref>