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Keith Olbermann Biography
Keith Olbermann is one of the most popular and richest TV Show Host who was born on January 27, 1959 in New York City, New York State, United States. Former host of Countdown with Keith Olbermann, which aired on MSNBC from 2003 to 2011.
He had a long-running feud with Bill O’Reilly, whom he repeatedly called the worst person in the world on his talk show.
Keith Theodore Olbermann (/ˈ oʊ l b ər m ə n / ; born January 27, 1959) is an American sports and political commentator and writer. He currently works for ESPN.
Olbermann became a devoted fan of baseball at a young age, a love he inherited from his mother, who was a lifelong New York Yankees fan. As a teenager he often wrote about baseball card-collecting and appeared in many sports card-collecting periodicals of the mid 1970s. He is also referenced in Sports Collectors Bible, a 1979 book by Bert Sugar, which is considered one of the important early books for trading card collectors.
He dated TV reporter Katy Tur for three years, but the pair ended the relationship in 2009. He has a younger sister named Jenna.
| Name | Keith Olbermann |
| First Name | Keith |
| Last Name | Olbermann |
| Occupation | TV Show Host |
| Birthday | January 27 |
| Birth Year | 1959 |
| Place of Birth | New York City |
| Home Town | New York State |
| Birth Country | United States |
| Birth Sign | Aquarius |
| Full/Birth Name | |
| Parents | Marie Katherine Charbonier Olbermann, Theodore Olbermann |
| Siblings | Not Available |
| Spouse | Not Known |
| Children(s) | Not Available |
Ethnicity, religion & political views
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While at Hackley, Olbermann began his broadcasting career as a play-by-play announcer for WHTR. After graduating from Hackley in 1975, he enrolled at Cornell University at the age of 16. At college Olbermann served as sports director for WVBR, a student-run commercial radio station in Ithaca. Olbermann graduated from Cornell University’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences in 1979 with a BS in communication.
Keith Olbermann Net Worth
Keith Olbermann is one of the richest TV Show Host from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Keith Olbermann's net worth $25 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
He was considered a child genius and began college at Cornell at sixteen.
He rose to fame as a host on the popular SportsCenter on ESPN and he often did shows with his buddy Dan Patrick.
Olbermann was born January 27, 1959, in New York City, the son of Marie Katherine (née Charbonier), a preschool teacher, and Theodore Olbermann, a commercial architect. He is of German ancestry. He has one younger sister, Jenna, who was born in 1968. Olbermann grew up in a Unitarian household in the town of Hastings-on-Hudson in Westchester County, and attended Hackley School in nearby Tarrytown.
| Net Worth | $25 Million |
| Salary | Under Review |
| Source of Income | TV Show Host |
| Cars | Not Available |
| House | Living in own house. |
Olbermann suffers from a mild case of coeliac disease, as well as restless legs syndrome. In August 1980, he also suffered a head injury while leaping onto a New York City Subway train. This head injury permanently upset his equilibrium, resulting in his avoidance of driving. Along with Bob Costas, he supports the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation as an honorary board member.
Olbermann spent the first 20 years of his career in sports journalism. He was a sports correspondent for CNN and for local TV and radio stations in the 1980s, winning the Best Sportscaster award from the California Associated Press three times. He co-hosted ESPN’s SportsCenter from 1992–97. From 1998 to 2001 he was a producer and anchor for Fox Sports Net and a host for Fox Sports’ coverage of Major League Baseball.
Height, Weight & Body Measurements
Keith Olbermann height 6 feet 3 inches Keith weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.
| Height | 6 feet 3 inches |
| Weight | Not Known |
| Body Measurements | Under Review |
| Eye Color | Not Available |
| Hair Color | Not Available |
| Feet/Shoe Size | Not Available |
Olbermann is a dedicated baseball fan and historian of the sport, with membership in the Society for American Baseball Research. In 1973, when he was only 14 years old, The Card Memorabilia Associates (TCMA) published his book The Major League Coaches: 1921–1973. The September issue of Beckett Sports Collectibles Vintage included a T206 card that depicted Olbermann in a 1905-era New York Giants uniform. He argues that New York Giants baseball player Fred Merkle has been unduly criticized for his infamous baserunning mistake. He contributed the foreword to More Than Merkle (ISBN 0-8032-1056-6), a book requesting amnesty for “Merkle’s Boner”. Olbermann was also one of the founders of the first experts’ fantasy baseball league, the USA Today Baseball Weekly League of Alternative Baseball Reality, and he gave the league its nickname “LABR”. Olbermann wrote the foreword to the 2009 Baseball Prospectus Annual.
In 1992 Olbermann joined ESPN’s SportsCenter, a position he held until 1997 with the exception of a period from 1993–94 when he was at ESPN2. He joined ESPN2 as its “marquee” personality to help launch the network. He often co-hosted SportsCenter’ s 11:00 p.m. show with Dan Patrick, the two becoming a popular anchor team. In 1995 Olbermann won a Cable ACE award for Best Sportscaster. he later co-authored a book with Patrick called The Big Show about their experiences working at SportsCenter; he also said that the short-lived ABC dramedy Sports Night was based on his time on SportsCenter with Patrick, ABC having been co-owned with ESPN since 1985 (ESPN now produces all sports coverage on ABC, which is branded ESPN on ABC). In his last year with KCBS before moving east to work for ESPN, Olbermann’s salary was $475,000 but started at “just over $150,000” with ESPN. He made $350,000 at the end of his tenure at ESPN.
Who is Keith Olbermann Dating?
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Relationships Record: We have no records of past relationships for Keith Olbermann. You may help us to build the dating records for Keith Olbermann!Olbermann began his professional career at UPI and the RKO Radio Network before joining then-nascent CNN in 1981. Among the early stories he covered was the 1980 Winter Olympics at Lake Placid, including the “Miracle on Ice.” In the early-to-mid 1980s he was a sportscaster on the old WNEW 1130-AM radio station in New York City. In 1984, he briefly worked as a sports anchor at WCVB-TV in Boston before heading to Los Angeles to work at KTLA and KCBS. His work there earned him 11 Golden Mike Awards and he was named best sportscaster by the California Associated Press three times.
Facts & Trivia
Keith Ranked on the list of most popular TV Show Host. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Keith Olbermann celebrates birthday on January 27 of every year.
In 1997 Olbermann left ESPN to host a prime-time show on MSNBC, The Big Show with Keith Olbermann (ESPN objected to the use of the title). The news-driven program, with substantial discussion, relied on Olbermann to carry the 8:00–9:00 PM hour. The show typically covered three or four topics in a one-hour broadcast. Olbermann also hosted two Sunday editions of NBC Nightly News and once co-anchored a Saturday edition of the Today show. During that period Olbermann, along with Hannah Storm, also co-hosted NBC Sports’ pre-game coverage of the MLB 1997 World Series.
Does Keith Olbermann have a job?
In January 2018, Olbermann returned to ESPN’s SportsCenter program, expanding in May to some baseball play-by-play work. On October 6, 2020, he again resigned from ESPN to start a political commentary program on his YouTube channel.
Was Keith Olbermann married to Katy Tur?
Personal life. From 2006 to 2009, Tur was in a relationship with then-MSNBC political commentator and sportscaster Keith Olbermann. Tur married Tony Dokoupil, a correspondent for CBS News, on October 27, 2017, in Utah.
Are Dan Patrick and Keith Olbermann friends?
-Patrick on his relationship with Olbermann: “we haven’t been in touch. We never really had a close relationship. But when we did SportsCenter, we did it and you would have thought we were best friends. And we did it for the right motives.
How much does Keith Olbermann make?
| Salary: | $4 Million |
| Date of Birth: | Jan 27, 1959 (63 years old) |
| Gender: | Male |
| Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.92 m) |
Where did Keith Olbermann go to college?
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