About Bruce Beck

 

Bruce Beck is in his 27th year with NBC 4 New York. He is the station's Lead Sports Anchor. Beck is also the host of NBC 4’s popular Sunday night sports show "Sports Final." Beck is the host and sideline reporter for New York Giants pre-season football.

Beck was named 2021 National Sports Anchor of the Year by Broadcasting & Cable Magazine as the top local sports anchor in America. Overall, he has received eight New York Sports Emmys, one Mid-Atlantic Sports Emmy, and three national Cable Ace Awards. The The National Sports Media Association (NSMA) elected him New York State Sportscaster of the Year nine times.

The versatile sportscaster has covered a multitude of events for News 4 including five Super Bowls, the World Series, the NBA Finals, the Stanley Cup Finals, the U.S. Open Tennis Championship, the U.S. Open Golf Championship, the NCAA Final Four, the Kentucky Derby and the 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022 and 2024 Olympic Games.

Bruce was the host of WNBC-TV's coverage of the ING New York City Marathon. He also hosted the Toyota Giants Report with Coach Tom Coughlin, and The Rutgers Report with Coach Greg Schiano. He has hosted and contributed to a number of WNBC-TV specials including the Stanley Cup Final, The Belmont Stakes, the U.S. Open Golf Championship, and "Glory Days," which preceded New York Yankees postseason games. In addition, Beck has hosted the Sun America Sports Desk and the All-State Sports Update for NBC Sports, and served as a sideline reporter for the network's coverage of the NBA and WNBA on NBC.

Beck, who was a studio anchor for NBA-TV from 2000 to 2008, also hosted “Sportstalk and “Sports Images” on CN8, the Comcast Network from 1994 to 1997. He also was the play-by-play voice of Atlantic 10 Conference Basketball and Hofstra University Football and called college basketball games for CBS Sports. He was the host of CBS' coverage of the Hambletonian and the American Championship Harness Series on ESPN. Beck was a play-by-play voice and host for Showtime's Championship Boxing and one of the first to call the blow-by-blow on the Ultimate Fighting Championship.

From 1982 to 1994, Beck was a staff broadcaster with the MSG Network. Among his many duties, he hosted the station's coverage of the Knicks, Rangers, and Yankees. He was the play-by-play announcer for college football and basketball, professional and Golden Gloves boxing, and professional tennis. He hosted the Millrose Games, the Virginia Slims Championship, the National Horse Show and the Lou Carnesecca Show.

Starting in 2017, Beck launched the Bruce Beck Sports Broadcasting Camp held at Iona College in New Rochelle, New York. Beck along with the top sportscasters and personalities in New York, teaches the fundamentals of the industry to the next generation of sports broadcasters.

Every summer from 2002-2016, Beck, along with CBS Sports announcer, Ian Eagle ran a similar camp at the Yogi Berra Museum and Learning Center in Montclair, New Jersey.

In May of 2009, Beck was chosen by St. John's University to deliver the commencement speech to its Staten Island Campus. He also received an Honorary Doctor of Letters Degree.

Each Thanksgiving for 24 years, Beck and his family served those in need at the St John's Bread and Life Program, the largest soup kitchen in Brooklyn. Among his other charitable endeavors are White Plains Hospital, Westchester Medical Center, the Tom Coughlin Jay Fund Foundation, Derek Jeter's Turn 2 Foundation, the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America, the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation, the March of Dimes, the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, Special Olympics New York, Children’s Aid Society and the Make-A-Wish Foundation of the Hudson Valley.

A graduate of Ithaca College, Beck received a Bachelor of Science degree in 1978. This year he was named the recipient of IC's Professional Achievement Award. He resides in Westchester County with his wife, Janet. He has two sons, two daughters-in-law and six grandchildren.

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