Gary Apple
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Gary Apple {born August 8, 1955 in Troy, New York) is an American sportscaster. He is a television host for the NBA Television Network and currently the host of SportsNet New York's "Daily News Live".
[edit] Biography
Apple graduated from Syracuse University with a Bachelors degree in broadcast journalism.
In 1985, Apple returned to the Albany area to work as the weekend sportscaster at NBC affiliate WNYT. From 1986 to 1990, Apple was the weekday sports presenter at KMOV-TV, in St. Louis (affiliate of CBS and then a sister to WNYT). From 1990 through 1995, Apple was a sportscaster for Los Angeles TV station KTTV (FOX O&O).
During the summer of 1996, Apple sat in for NBC’s Bob Costas, and he was a regular guest host for Costas. He was also sportscaster on the KTLA-TV, Channel 5, in Los Angeles on Prime Sports.
Apple spent more than seven years on CBS flagship station WCBS-TV in New York, where his work was praised as the best sportscast in 2003 by the New York State Broadcasters Association. Apple was host of “Sports Rap Live,”, and also served as sideline reporter for New York Jets pre-season NFL football on CBS-2. After leaving WCBS-TV, Apple became the anchorman of Madison Square Garden Network’s studio show “SportsDesk” in New York.
