Brian Kenny was born on October 18, 1963, in New York City and grew up on Long Island. He attended St. John’s University for a year, then transferred to the New York Institute of Technology. He graduated magna cum laude in 1985 and broke into local news that same year at WLIG-TV. Kenny then spent the next eleven years as sports director at WTZA-TV in Kingston, New York.
ESPN hired Kenny in 1997, where he anchored the 6 p.m. edition of SportsCenter and hosted Baseball Tonight. He also hosted Friday Night Fights on ESPN2 and won a Sports Emmy with the Baseball Tonight team in 2003. Kenny left ESPN in 2011 to join the fast-growing MLB Network. He debuted on MLB Tonight that September and hosted Clubhouse Confidential until 2013.
Since 2013, Kenny has hosted MLB Now, MLB Network’s daily analytics-focused panel show. He calls it “the show for the thinking fan.” He also anchors MLB Tonight, the offseason series Top 10 Right Now, and Hall of Fame election coverage from Cooperstown. Additionally, he authored the 2016 book Ahead of the Curve and calls fights as a boxing announcer for FOX Sports and DAZN.
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Other parent: Nicole Kenny
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