MARV ALBERT
The legendary Marv Albert was named play-by-play announcer for Nets Basketball on the YES Network in February of 2005. Considered by many to be the greatest sports announcer of his generation, Albert is the primary voice of Nets basketball on YES and also hosts The Marv Albert Show interview program on the network. He brings to YES more than 30 years of sports broadcast experience, having called 12 NBA Finals, three Super Bowls and the acclaim of fans and critics alike.

Albert is also currently the voice of the NBA on TNT and of NFL Monday Night Football on Westwood One Radio/CBS Radio Sports. He previously served as the play-by-play announcer for the New York Knicks and New York Rangers on Madison Square Garden Network for over 30 years. He also worked for NBC Sports for over 20 years, where he was the primary play-byplay voice for the NBA on NBC and also handled NFL play-by-play duties. In addition, he announced college basketball, boxing and NHL All-Star games for the network and hosted its Major League Baseball studio and pre-game shows.

Prior to joining NBC, Albert spent four years as the radio voice of New York Giants football on WNEW-AM in New York and 13 years as the sports anchor for WNBC-TV in New York.

Albert’s awards include five national sports Emmy Awards and three New York Emmy Awards, six Cable ACE Awards and, in 1997, he was awarded the Curt Gowdy Media Award by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, one of the highest honors given to sports journalists. He has also been named New York State Sportscaster of the Year an unprecedented 20 times.

Known for his signature “YES!!!” catchphrase, Albert is the backbone of the first family of sports broadcasting. His brother Al is the play-by-play announcer for the Indiana Pacers and his brother Steve is the voice for Showtime Championship Boxing. Marv’s son Kenny is the voice for the New York Rangers on WFAN SportsRadio, as well as a play-by-play announcer for the NFL on FOX.

Albert attended the prestigious Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University from 1960 to 1963, and graduated from New York University in 1965.


MARK JACKSON
Mark Jackson was named the analyst for the YES Network’s Nets telecasts in October of 2005. The Brooklyn native joins forces with legendary play-by-play man Marv Albert, another native New Yorker, to form YES’ Nets on-air team.

Jackson is the former Bishop Loughlin (Brooklyn) and St. John’s standout whose NBA Rookie of the Year season with the hometown Knicks kicked off a sterling 18-year NBA career. In his 1987-88 Rookie-of-the-Year season, he set an NBA single-season rookie record for assists, and was also named to the NBA All-Rookie Team.

He played five seasons with the Knicks before suiting up for the Los Angeles Clippers, Indiana, Denver, Toronto, New York, Utah and Houston before retiring following the 2003-04 season. Upon his retirement, Jackson ranked second in the NBA with 10,334 career assists, 10th with 1,296 career games played and 20th with 1,608 career steals. He also joined John Stockton and Magic Johnson as the only NBA players to accumulate 10,000 career assists.

Jackson was selected by New York with the 18th pick in the first round of the 1987 NBA Draft. In his Rookie-ofthe- Year 1987-88 season, he set an NBA single-season rookie record with 868 assists, and also scored 13.6 points per game. During his career, he notched 17 triple-doubles, and set an Indiana Pacers NBA record with 19 assists in a February 1997 game against the Bucks. That same season, he tied the NBA record for most assists in one quarter (12) in a game against the Nets.

In addition to his Nets duties, Mark became a member of the ABC studio show for national telecasts during the second half of last season, and was seen on regular season games as well as the NBA Playoffs and NBA Finals.

Jackson, an ordained minister, holds an undergraduate degree in communications arts from St. Vincent’s College at St. John’s. He is active in several charities, including the United Negro College Fund and the Wheelchair Charities.


IAN EAGLE
Ian Eagle begins his 12th year as the television play-by-play announcer for Nets telecasts, adding to his résumé as one of the top sportscasters in the nation. Ian became the radio voice of the Nets in 1994, and moved into the television slot the following year. Following the 01-02 season, Ian won a New York Sports Emmy for his play-by-play work of the Pacers/Nets Game 5 of the NBA playoffs, and has also received a New York Sports Emmy nomination for his work during the 1999-2000 NBA season.

A 1990 graduate of Syracuse University, Ian was the play-by-play voice of the Orangemen in football, basketball and lacrosse, and was awarded the Bob Costas Award for Outstanding Sportscasting. “The Bird” joined WFAN as a producer in 1990 and debuted as host of his own show in 1992. The following year, Ian began hosting pregame and postgame shows for Jets football on WFAN and was named the Jets radio play-by-play voice for the 1997 campaign.

One of CBS’s most versatile announcers, Ian has been one of the play-byplay voices for the NFL on CBS since 1998. In addition to football, Ian has called the NCAA Tournament for CBS for the past nine years, the Army/Navy football game, boxing and anchored the “Sportsdesk” at CBS. “The Bird” also has a foreign accent to his résumé, as he did the English-language play-by-play for the International telecast of the NBA Finals from 1995 through 1998.

In some of his latest ventures, Ian has worked the NBA Playoffs for NBA TV, as well as calling play-by-play for the NCAA Track and Field Championships, covering the US Open for CBS, hosting a daily NBA show, “Full Court Press”, with Kenny Smith on SIRIUS NFL Radio and is the voice for the new Sony PSP 2007 NBA video game alongside Nets broadcaster, Mark Jackson.


JIM SPANARKEL
Jim Spanarkel brings a wealth of experience to his position as analyst on YES’ Nets telecasts. All told, he has worked a total of 18 years as a Nets television analyst, and he also works CBS Sports regular season and NCAA Men’s Championship college basketball coverage. In addition, Spanarkel serves as a studio analyst for NBA TV.

As a standout basketball player at Duke, Spanarkel earned All-American honors in 1979 and Academic All-American honors in 1978 and 1979. He was Duke’s team MVP his final three seasons – 1977-79, was team captain as a junior and senior, and was named NCAA East Regional Most Outstanding Player in 1978. He graduated form Duke in 1979.

The Philadelphia 76ers selected Spanarkel with the 16th overall pick in the 1979 NBA Draft and, after playing for the 76ers during the 1979-80 campaign, he played the next four seasons with the Dallas Mavericks. He led Dallas in scoring during the 1980-81 season.

Spanarkel was born in Jersey City, N.J., and played his high school ball at Hudson Catholic High School, also in Jersey City. Jim and his wife, Janet, have four children.

CHRIS CARRINO
Chris Carrino will begin his sixth season as the radio play-by-play voice of the Nets, whose games are heard on WFAN 660 AM. Carrino has described many of the greatest moments in franchise history, including both NBA Finals appearances in 2002 and 2003. His 66 post-season broadcasts total more than all the previous Nets play-by-play callers combined. Before becoming the full-time radio play-by-play announcer, Carrino hosted the Nets radio pre, post and halftime shows and served as the back up play-by-play announcer. He has been involved with the Nets broadcasts since 1992, when he started as studio coordinator and feature reporter. In addition to his basketball broadcasting experience, Carrino has produced radio broadcasts for both the New York Giants and New York Jets. This past off season, Carrino showed off his versatility as a playby- play man, moving over to TV, calling NFL Europe action for the NFL Network as well as college football for Comcast. A 1992 graduate of Fordham University, Carrino was an award winning radio voice of Fordham basketball, football, and baseball. The 36-year old Carrino resides in New Jersey with his wife, Laura, and their son, Christopher.

TIM CAPSTRAW
Tim Capstraw begins his fifth season as the Nets radio color analyst. In addition to his work on Nets broadcasts, Capstraw serves as NBA TV’s lead analyst for the Euroleague and several other international championships, and in 2006, worked on their coverage of the Las Vegas Summer League. Capstraw was the head coach at Wagner College for 10 seasons from 1989-1999, following four seasons as an assistant coach at Siena College. He also served as Head Baseball Coach at Wagner from 1983-85. Tim was a television and radio analyst for the Northeast Conference for three years prior to joining the Nets radio team, and was a television analyst for the Atlantic 10 Conference during the 2001-02 season. Among Capstraw’s honors, he was named 1993 Northeast Conference “Coach of the Year” and won the 2000 Metropolitan Basketball Writers “Good Guy Award”. He also holds the distinction of being the youngest Division 1 coach in both basketball (28) and baseball (23). Capstraw is a 1982 graduate of Wagner College. Capstraw and his wife, Chelsea, have two children, Ross and Kiley.