Sportscaster Marv Albert is honored during a timeout in Game 5 of the Second Round of the 2021 NBA Playoffs between the Nets and the Bucks at Barclays Center on Tuesday. Credit: Steven Ryan
Marv Albert figures he will have a familiar basketball jones come autumn, when he normally would be doing what he has done for more than half a century — getting ready for a new season.
But not this fall. Arguably the sport’s most famous play-by-play voice is turning off his microphone after he calls the NBA Eastern Conference finals between the Bucks and Hawks for Turner Sports.