Printable Biography of Michael Kay

Additionally, Mr. Kay is the Host of YES' "CenterStage", an interview show with the superstars of sports and entertainment.

Before joining the YES Network, Mr. Kay worked at the MSG Network since 1989 as a Yankees reporter. In 1992, he added the assignment of Knicks locker room reporter to his responsibilities, and continued in that role until the 1998-99 season.

In addition to his television work, the Bronx, NY native has worked as Yankees analyst on WABC Radio since 1992. Mr. Kay was a winner with Bob Goldscholl (WBBR) for "Best Sports Reporter" at the 2000 New York Metro Achievement in Radio Awards. After the Yankees World Series victories in 1996, 1998, and 2000, Mr. Kay and radio partner John Sterling were asked by New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani to host the post parade victory celebration at City Hall.

In 1998, Mr. Kay also began co-hosting "Sports Talk with John Sterling and Michael Kay", a MSG produced nightly sports radio call-in show which aired on WABC Radio during the winter months. During the baseball season, Mr. Kay and Mr. Sterling hosted "Yankee Talk" which aired 90 minutes prior to all weekend Yankees games.

Shortly after graduating from Fordham University in 1982 with a B.A. in Communications, Mr. Kay became one of the hot sports reporters in New York City with a style that combined great reporting skills with quality writing. While at Fordham, he honed his skills working for the school newspaper and radio station, working at SportsPhone and as the public address announcer for the New York Pro Summer Basketball League.

In 1982, Mr. Kay landed the job as general assignment writer for the New York Post. Two years later he began covering College Basketball (1984-85) and then the New Jersey Nets, who he covered for two seasons before becoming the newspaper's general basketball writer. In 1987, he was moved to baseball, serving as the Yankees "beat reporter". While he was in that position, he got his first television job with MSG Network as host of the "Hot Stove League" segment of MSG's "SportsNight".

Mr. Kay moved from the Post to the New York Daily News in 1989, still covering the Yankees, and served in that capacity until 1992. In October 1991, he broke the story of Buck Showalter's hiring for the News. Four years later for MSG, Mr. Kay tracked Yankees managerial contract developments from the time Showalter started talking about returning to his eventual signing with the Arizona Diamondbacks.

Mr. Kay hosted a sports talk show for WABC Radio from 1992-93. He rejoined the Daily News to pen "The Kay Korner" in 1993.

A classmate of Knicks TV play by play man Mike Breen at Fordham, Mr. Kay was given the Dick Young award for Excellence in Sports Media by the New York Pro Baseball Scouts in 1995. He was also a part of the Yankees/MSG Production team that was nominated for New York Emmy Awards for six consecutive years. In 1998, he was on the MSG team that won for "Outstanding Live Sports Coverage- Series". In 1996 and 1997 he was a member of the MSG team that won New York Emmys for "Outstanding Live Sports Coverage -- Single Program" for Dwight Gooden's no-hitter and "The Battle for New York: Yankees vs. Mets". Mr. Kay is single and resides in Hartsdale, N.Y.