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Kevin Burkhardt
Burkhardt joined SNY in 2007, and is the network’s Mets field reporter. Burkhardt has also filled in for Gary Cohen as the play-by-play announcer for several Mets Spring Training games. During the off-season, he serves as the host of “Mets Hot Stove”, and contributes to other SNY programs including hosting “SNY Spotlight” and filing news reports for the network’s “Geico SportsNite” show. Prior to joining SNY, Burkhardt had been with WFAN since 2003 - emerging as one of the station's rising stars - covering all sports. He served as its Jets Beat Reporter, hosted talk shows on the weekend, and provided 20/20 updates throughout the week. Burkhardt has also made appearances on SportsNet New York as a guest and analyst on the network's "Daily News Live" and "Jets Extra Point" programs. He also appeared regularly on CN8's nightly show "Out of Bounds" in Philadelphia. Kevin previously reported for Time Warner Cable and worked as an afternoon sports anchor at WCBS-AM 880 Radio.

A South Jersey native, Burkhardt currently lives in New Jersey with his wife, Rachel, and son, Logan.

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Gary Cohen
Cohen, a Queens, NY native, is SportsNet New York's play-by-play announcer for all SNY-produced Mets telecasts. In addition, Cohen also contributes to SNY's Mets pre-and post-game shows, Mets Hot Stove and to www.sny.tv. Prior to joining SNY, Cohen was a member of the Mets' radio team for 17 seasons. Previously he has done play-by-play on major league baseball broadcasts for CBS Radio from 1991-1997, and for ESPN Radio since 1998. Cohen has also served as the play-by-play announcer for the NCAA Basketball Tournament for CBS Radio and Westwood One from 1991-2003, and has been the radio voice for Seton Hall University basketball since 2003, as well as the radio voice of St. John's University basketball from 1995-2002. Cohen has also done play-by-play for Rangers games, as well as served as the men's and women's hockey play-by-play announcer at the 1992, 1994 and 1998 Winter Olympics for CBS Radio.

Before coming to the Mets, Cohen broadcast minor league baseball for the Pawtucket Red Sox (AAA) of the International League (1987-1988), the Durham Bulls of the Class-A Carolina League (1986) and Spartanburg Spinners (A) of the South Atlantic League (1983-1984).

A graduate of Columbia University, Cohen resides in Connecticut with his wife Lynn, their children Trevor, Kira, Jess, Jaclyn and Zach and their dogs Wryly, Cubby, and Angie.

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Ron Darling
Ron Darling joined SNY in 2006 and is the network's Mets game and studio analyst - working more than 100 Mets telecasts each year. In addition to his game analyst work, Darling also contributes to SNY's Mets pre- and post-game shows, Mets Hot Stove, Daily News Live and to www.sny.tv. In his first season with SNY, Darling won an Emmy Award for best "Sports Analyst".

Prior to joining SNY, Darling served as the color commentator for the Washington Nationals on Mid-Atlantic Sports Network (MASN) for the 2005 season, where he called 150 games. Prior to working at MASN, Ron served as an on-air analyst for Fox Sports Net, as well as appeared on The Best Damn Sports Show Period, the National Sports Report, CSTV and Baseball Today.

Darling spent nine seasons as a starting pitcher for the New York Mets and was a key member of their 1986 World Championship and 1988 Division Champion teams. He also has the distinction of being the first Mets pitcher to be awarded the Gold Glove Award. After a short stint with the Montreal Expos, the All-Star pitcher finished his career spending five seasons with the Oakland Athletics.

Darling was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, and attended Yale University where he was a two-time All-American - leading the Bulldogs to two Ivy League titles. He currently resides with his family in Manhattan.

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Keith Hernandez
Keith Hernandez joined SNY in 2006 and is the network's Mets game analyst - working over 100 telecasts each season. Hernandez also contributes to SNY's Mets pre- and post game shows and to www.sny.tv. Prior to joining SNY, Hernandez served as a Mets game analyst for MSG Networks since 2001. In addition to his role on Mets telecasts at MSG, Hernandez also served as a baseball analyst for the network's Major League Baseball post-season playoff coverage, including the Subway World Series between the Yankees and Mets.

Hernandez's Major League Baseball career began in 1974 with the St. Louis Cardinals where he quickly rose to the upper echelon in the League. In 1979, his .344 batting average led the majors and he shared National League MVP honors with Willie Stargell. He joined the New York Mets in 1983 and was instrumental in turning the team around, becoming a cornerstone of the 1986 World Series Championship squad. In addition to being named the first captain in Mets history, Hernandez earned a record 11 consecutive Gold Glove awards from 1978-1988 as a first baseman, batted over .300 in six different seasons, and finished with a lifetime .296 batting average and a career on-base percentage of .384. His career spanned 17 seasons, ending in 1990 with the Cleveland Indians.

Hernandez was born in San Francisco, CA. Keith and his wife Kai currently reside in Jupiter, Fla.

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Ralph Kiner
Kiner joined the newborn Mets in 1962 after a storied 10-year playing career that earned him election to the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY in 1975. In 2006, Kiner joined SNY, where he serves as a contributing analyst on the network’s Mets telecasts. Kiner will work approximately 20 telecasts in the 2008 season.

A Hall of Famer, Kiner belted 369 home runs during his career with the Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago Cubs and Cleveland Indians. He won or shared the National League home run crown for seven straight seasons and his uniform number, 4, was retired by the Pirates in 1987. Kiner is a three-time Emmy Award winner for broadcasting and has written two bestselling books.

Kiner and his wife, Ann, make their offseason home in Palm Beach, Fla.

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Greg Buttle
Greg Buttle joined SNY in 2006, and serves as the network's studio-based NFL analyst. Buttle appears on a number of SNY's exclusive Jets shows, including "Jets Extra Point", "Jets Nation" and SNY's Jets Draft show. Buttle also contributes to the network's website www.sny.tv, as well as SNY's news shows, "Daily News Live" and "SportsNite".

In addition to SNY, Buttle serves as an on-air, color analyst for WCBS NY, alongside play-by-play man Ian Eagle, for New York Jets pre-season games. He also hosts "Jets GameDay," the NY Jets pre-game and post-game shows aired on 1050 ESPN NY Sports Radio.

Buttle was drafted into the NFL in 1976 as a third round pick by the New York Jets. During his 9-year career, Greg was recognized with many honors and was selected to the NFL All Rookie Team, selected as a NFL All-Pro Linebacker and the Miller Lite NFL Man of the Year. Buttle was also honored with induction to the NY Jets All-Time Football Team.

During his Hall of Fame years at Mainland Regional High School in Linwood New Jersey, Buttle not only excelled as a 4-sport letterman in Football, Basketball, Baseball and Track, but also was a champion Oarsman while on the Margate City Beach Patrol. He is now a member of the Ocean Rowing Hall Of Fame. Buttle is a graduate of Pennsylvania State University where he was a member of the National Honor Society, captained the Nittany Lions football team and received consensus All-America linebacker honors. Greg still holds every tackling record for a game, season and career while under the tutelage of Coach Joe Paterno. In 2001 he was honored with the Silver Anniversary "Butkus Award" as the most outstanding college linebacker in the country for the 1975 season.

Greg has received numerous honors and awards in recognition of his commitment to the community including National Spokesman for the United Way.

Buttle is a long-time resident of Long Island, NY. He and his wife Rita have two children: daughter Christina and son Gregory.

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Ray Lucas
Ray Lucas joined SNY in 2006, and serves as the network's studio-based NFL analyst. Lucas appears on a number of SNY's exclusive Jets shows, including "Jets Post Game Live!", "Jets Extra Point", "Jets Nation" and SNY's Jets Draft show. Lucas also contributes to the network's website, www.sny.tv, as well as SNY's news shows, "Daily News Live" and "SportsNite".

Prior to joining SNY, Lucas spent several years as a quarterback in the NFL, playing for the Jets, Patriots, Dolphins and Ravens. Known for his athleticism and versatility, Lucas not only played QB, but also WR and special teams. Lucas led Gang Green to a 6-3 record as a starter after replacing the injured Vinny Testaverde at QB.

Lucas originally signed with New England as a free agent in 1996, after going un-drafted out of Rutgers University, where he played for three seasons, from 1992-95. After leaving the Jets in 2000, Lucas played in 17 games over two seasons for the Miami Dolphins before finishing up his career with Baltimore. Born August 6, 1972, Lucas is a native of Harrison, N.J.

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Gary Apple
Gary Apple brings over 20 years experience to SNY's news team, where he currently serves as an anchor on the network’s critically acclaimed sports news program “Geico SportsNite”. Prior to joining SNY, Apple worked at NBA TV as a studio host, and also as a studio host and anchor for MSG Network's studio show, SportsDesk. Prior to that, Apple spent more than seven years on WCBS-TV in NY, where his work was praised as the best sportscast in 2003 by the New York State Broadcasters Association. Additionally at CBS-2, Apple hosted "Sports Rap Live," and served as sideline reporter for New York Jets preseason NFL football. Also while at CBS, Apple served as a sideline reporter for CBS Sports NASDAQ College Football and the College World Series, as well as studio host for CBS Sports Desk. He also made numerous appearances on the CBS Early Show.

Apple has also been a studio host for WFAN Radio and the Outdoor Life Network, where he co-hosted Summer Sportszone. He also did play-by-play for The Football Network's coverage of Ivy League Football during the Fall of 2003. Prior to that, he was seen as a sportscaster on the award-winning KTLA-TV, Channel 5, in Los Angeles and throughout America on Prime Sports' Press Box. From 1990 through 1995, Apple was a sportscaster for Los Angeles TV station KTTV (FOX O&O). Before KTTV, Apple was the weekday sports anchor at KMOV-TV, the CBS station in St. Louis from 1986-1990.

Apple's other credits include: reporting for ESPN's "Baseball Tonight" and play-by-play for USA Network's college basketball and for University of Missouri basketball. He has also worked for WNYT-TV (NBC affiliate), Albany, NY and WTOC-TV (CBS affiliate), Savannah, GA. While at WTOC, Apple was lauded with an Associated Press Award for Best Sports Reporting.

A native of Troy, NY, Apple graduated from Syracuse University with a bachelors degree in broadcast journalism. He lives in New York with his wife and two daughters.

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Joe Benigno
Joe Benigno joined SNY in March of 2008 as a regular panelist on the network’s signature show –- "Daily News Live" –- which airs Monday-Friday from 5:00pm-5:30pm. Benigno, a.k.a. Joe from Saddle River, got his big break in radio in 1994, when he won WFAN's Fan Appreciation Day contest and was awarded a guest host spot on the station. He parlayed his one-shot spot into an overnight host job at a small station in Elizabeth, New Jersey before being offered a full-time spot on WFAN which he co-hosts with Evan Roberts during the 10am-1pm weekday timeslot in New York City. In 2004, he left his overnight host job and was moved to middays to co-host with Sid Rosenberg. After Rosenberg resigned from the station, he became the sole host of the midday show.

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Chris Carlin
Chris Carlin joined SNY in March of 2008. Carlin is host of SNY's Mets pre and post game shows, where he is joined by Mets studio analyst Bob Ojeda. Carlin is also a co-host of Loud Mouths with Adam Schein, as well as a co-host of Beer Money -- the network's popular New York sports trivia show. In addition to his SNY duties, Carlin is the voice of the Rutgers Men's football and basketball teams. Prior to joining SNY, Carlin spent 13 years at WFAN where he held a variety of positions, including being a sportscaster for the Boomer & Carton Morning Show, hosting the New York Giants' pre- and post-game coverage, as well as calling Giants pre-season games. Carlin currently lives with his wife in New Jersey.

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Brian Custer
Brian Custer joined SNY in 2006 and is the host of The WheelHouse –- one of the network’s signature shows –- airing Monday thru Friday at 5:30pm. Custer also serves as the host of SNY’s New York Jets programming, featuring the critically acclaimed Jets Post Game Live. While at SNY, Custer received an Emmy Award for his work on the network’s riveting documentary Baseball in Africa: A Diamond in the Rough. Prior to joining SNY, Custer worked at CBS-11 in Dallas for eight years where he served as a sports anchor. Prior to that, he worked at the ABC affiliate WSYX-TV for two years, where he also served as a sports anchor. Custer began his radio and television career in his hometown of Columbus, Ohio, where he spent a year and a half at 610 WTVN radio. Custer, a life member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity and graduate of Hampton University, currently resides in the Tri-State area.

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Kirk Gimenez
Kirk Gimenez joins SNY, the television home of the Mets and Jets -- and New York’s leader in local sports news coverage -- as an anchor and reporter for the network’s SportsNite programs. Prior to joining SNY, Gimenez -- a Venezuela native who grew up in Miami -- was an anchor at ESPNews from 2003-07. Before joining ESPN, he worked at Miami’s WTVJ-NBC6 as a sports reporter from 2001-03, and at KEPR-TV in Washington from 2000-01. Gimenez is a graduate of the University of Miami, and currently lives with his wife Marisol in Guttenberg, NJ.

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Jon Heyman
Jon Heyman joined SNY in March of 2008 as the network’s MLB Insider. Heyman participates on a number of shows including Geico SportsNite, Mets pre- and post-game shows, Mets Hot Stove and DNL. Heyman is also a senior writer for Sports Illustrated, and pens a baseball notes column called The Daily Scoop for SI.com, which appears every day during the baseball season and twice a week during the offseason. Heyman reports on the news of baseball year-round for SI.com and also contributes to the magazine. He frequently authors the "Inside Baseball" column in SI.

Heyman came to Sports Illustrated in July 2006 after 16 years at Newsday, where he served as Yankees beat writer, baseball columnist and general sports columnist. Heyman, who developed a reputation for breaking major baseball stories while at Newsday, broke the story of Barry Bonds going to the Giants in 1992 (with Tom Verducci, who's been at SI since '93) and Alex Rodriguez going to the Yankees in 2004, among many other stories. Heyman was a baseball columnist for The Sporting News in 1999 and 2000.

Heyman joined WFAN in New York in November 2007 as a contributor, and appears on the popular Mike and the Mad Dog show twice a week, Tuesdays and Thursdays at 4:05 p.m. Before going to WFAN, he was a regular contributor to ESPN-1050 radio in New York and appeared every Tuesday on The Michael Kay Show on that station since 2002. He is sometimes seen as a Forum panelist on Rome is Burning, the acclaimed TV sports show starring Jim Rome, and has appeared on numerous radio and TV shows.

Heyman, who was born in Santa Fe, N.M., and grew up in Cedarhurst, N.Y., on Long Island, is a 1983 graduate of Northwestern's Medill School of Journalism.

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Marc Malusis
Marc "Moose" Malusis joined SNY as a contributor to the network’s Geico SportsNite show in March of 2008. Malusis is also an on-air personality at WFAN where he hosts three overnight shows per week at the station and also serves as a 20-20 anchor and station reporter. Prior to his current role, Marc worked on the popular afternoon drive show, Mike and the Mad Dog, for 6 years and served as their producer up until January 2007.

In addition to WFAN, Marc is an update anchor on Sirius Satellite Radio’s NFL channel and has appeared on such television outlets as CN8 (The Comcast Network) and WNBC-TV to discuss and debate various topics in sports.

Marc hails from Blauvelt, New York and attended Don Bosco Prep in Ramsey, New Jersey. He graduated from Syracuse University with a degree in Speech Communications in 1998. That summer, he interned at WFAN before going on to work at WLIR/WRCR in Rockland County in a variety of capacities. He was the news and sports director and hosted his own sports talk show on weekends. He returned to WFAN in August 2000, as a part-time producer/board operator before becoming a permanent fixture on the Mike and the Mad Dog program in 2001. He was promoted to an on-air position at WFAN at the beginning of 2007.

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Sweeny Murti
Sweeny Murti joined SNY in 2008 and serves as the network’s Yankees beat reporter. In addition to SNY, Murti has worked at WFAN since 1991.

While an undergrad at Penn State, Murti interned at the FAN. After earning a degree in Communications, Sweeny was rehired by WFAN in 1993 where he worked as a producer. Then, after a one year stint at WIP in Philadelphia, Sweeny returned to WFAN as a 20-20 sports anchor in 1998. He became WFAN's Yankees beat reporter in 2001.

In addition to his duties at WFAN, Murti has worked for the Yes Network, WCBS-TV Channel 2 New York and WIP Sportsradio in Philadelphia. He also traveled to Atlanta in 1996 and Sydney in 2000 to cover the Summer Olympics for Westwood One Radio.

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Steve Overmyer
Steve Overmyer joined SNY in 2006 as a reporter and anchor on SportsNite. He also serves as the lead reporter for the network's New York Jets coverage.

Prior to joining SNY in 2006, Overmyer spent the past 12-years covering professional sports - most recently serving as a sports anchor for CNN Headline News in Atlanta from 2001-2006. Before joining CNN, Overmyer worked at KPNX-TV in Phoenix serving as a sports reporter and anchor as well as host of the station's Sunday sports wrap-up evening program. He covered the Diamondbacks, Suns, Cardinals and Coyotes on a daily basis. Overmyer served as the sports director at WZVN-TV in Ft. Myers, FL, where he received a 1995 Associate Press Award for best sportscaster in Florida. In addition, he worked at WBBH-TV in Ft. Myers as a sports anchor and at WTHI-TV in Terre Haute, IN, as a fill-in sports anchor. He began his career at WTHI-radio in Terre Haute as a sports announcer.

Overmyer is a graduate from Vincennes University with a degree in Broadcast Journalism, and currently resides in Manhattan, NY.

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Adam Schein
Adam Schein joined SNY in 2006 and co-hosts Loud Mouths with Chris Carlin – which airs Monday-Friday from 6:00pm-6:30pm. He also serves as the network’s NFL Insider/Analyst, where he contributes to SNY’s football related shows, including “Jets Post-Game Live!”, “Jets Nation” and the network’s Jets Draft show. Schein also has appeared on Daily News Live, Geico SportsNite, the network’s website –- www.sny.tv –- and as an analyst on Comcast's nationwide NFL Draft Preview show, The Draft House.

In addition to working at SNY, Schein has been with Sirius NFL Radio since it launched in August of 2004. He hosts the Afternoon Blitz with Solomon Wilcots on Sirius NFL Radio from 3-7 pm ET, and during the football season, Schein hosts the Sirius NFL Tailgate Show from 9-noon ET every Sunday. Schein also anchors the NFL Draft live on Sirius NFL Radio every spring. In addition to writing football columns for foxsports.com, Schein interviews John Madden every week during the NFL season for “The Madden Report” on Verizon Wireless.

From 2001-2006, Schein was a regular sports talk show host on WFAN Radio in New York City, and hosted nationwide on Fox Sports Radio from 2002-2004. Prior to that, he did the afternoon drive show on WHEN radio in Syracuse from 1999-2002. During this time, he also did regular commentary for WTVH-5, the CBS affiliate in Syracuse.

Schein appeared regularly on Fox Sports Net from 2004-2006, on both I,Max and Totally Football.

Schein graduated Syracuse University’s Newhouse school of Public Communications in 1999 with a degree in Broadcast Journalism. He won the John Bayliss Award for Excellence in College Radio Journalism in 1998 and 1999. A native New Yorker, Schein currently lives in Manhattan with his wife, Katie.

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Jonas Schwartz
Jonas Schwartz joined SNY in 2009 as the host of the network’s Daily News Live show. In addition, Jonas will serve as an anchor/reporter for the network. Prior to SNY, Jonas had worked at WNBC since 2005 where he served as sports anchor for “Weekend Today in New York” and host of “Press Box” airing Sunday mornings on NBC’s Universal Sports Channel. Jonas also substituted during various WNBC newscasts throughout the week. During his tenure, he has covered sporting events ranging from Spring Training to the NYC Marathon to Giants training camp. Before joining NBC4, Schwartz was sports director and main sports anchor for Sinclair Broadcasting's News Central where he anchored sports for 16 markets throughout the country including Baltimore, Cincinnati and Milwaukee. Prior to that, he was an anchor/reporter/executive producer for KSTU-Fox 13 in Salt Lake City for 2 1/2 years. While in Utah, Schwartz broke stories on the Utah Jazz and the Brigham Young University football team and covered the 2002 Winter Olympic Games. He has garnered several awards including the Society of Professional Journalists' “Sports Story of the Year” in 2001. Schwartz’s broadcasting career began at Hobart College where he was a play-by-play announcer for all sporting teams and hosted a call-in radio show. Subsequently, he attended Newhouse School at Syracuse University where he received his masters degree in broadcast journalism. His first professional job in broadcasting was weekend sports anchor at KIDK-TV in Pocatello, Idaho. Schwartz is originally from Rockland County and is now living in Manhattan.

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Brandon Tierney
Brandon Tierney joined SNY in March of 2008 as a panelist on the network’s signature show The WheelHouse, which airs Monday-Friday at 6:30pm Tierney is also the host of The Brandon Tierney Show on 1050 ESPN Radio in New York City – which can be heard Monday through Friday at 7:00pm. Since 2006, Brandon has been an analyst for CN 8's "Out of Bounds" program. Some of Brandon's other duties include hosting the pre-game, post-game, and halftime shows for the New York Knicks radio broadcasts on 1050 ESPN Radio. Tierney has also substituted as play-by-play announcer for New York Knicks games, and serves as the lead analyst for St. John's basketball.

Tierney’s broadcasting career began in 1999. He hosted his own top-rated midday show from 2001-2003 on Sports Radio 1130 “The Fan,” in Detroit. Prior to that, Brandon was a host/anchor for Nationally Syndicated SportsFan Radio Network, which was broadcast in 20 of the top 22 markets.

Tierney has made many television guest appearances, including ESPN 2’s “Quite Frankly with Steven A. Smith,” MSNBC’s “Power Lunch,” “Sunday Morning Sports Rountable” on CBS 2 New York, “Friday Night Sports Wrap,” on FOX 5 WJBK Detroit, and also worked as a guest host for ESPN 2’s “Cold Pizza.”

Brandon graduated from Marist College, where he earned a B.A. in journalism while also lettering in baseball. Tierney currently resides in Manhattan.

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Michelle Yu
Michelle Yu joined SNY in 2009 as an anchor/reporter for the network. Prior to joining SNY, Michelle was a sports reporter at NY1 News.

Michelle began her sports journalism career in print, writing for Gannett Newspaper's 'The Journal News and Sports Illustrated For Kids magazine. In 2003, Michelle made the transition from print to television when she joined College Sports Television. She has also spent time as a sports reporter on Time Warner Cable's 'Sportstime' show in New Jersey. A Bronx native, Michelle co-authored her first novel China Dolls in 2007, and her second novel Young, Restless and Broke will be published in 2009. Michelle graduated from Manhattan College with a degree in communications and currently lives in Manhattan.

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