Ed Cohen (born June 25, 1983) is a sportscaster known for his work with

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, NHL Network,

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, and ONE World Sports. He currently serves as the radio play-by-play voice of the New York Knicks.

Early life

Cohen grew up in Scarsdale, New York, where at the age of 10 years old he knew he wanted to be a sportscaster. He called his first games as a sophomore at Scarsdale High School on the town's public access channel. Cohen graduated from

Ithaca College Ithaca College is a private college in Ithaca, New York. It was founded by William Egbert in 1892 as a conservatory of music and is set against the backdrop of the city of Ithaca (which is separate from the town), Cayuga Lake, waterfalls, and go ...

in 2005 with a degree in journalism from the Roy H. Park School of Communications.

Career

Cohen's first on-air job was as the play-by-play voice of Manhattan College's men's basketball team in 2005, a role he served for six seasons. In addition, he was the radio play-by-play announcer for the

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women's basketball team from 2008 to 2014. Cohen's other early work includes voicing highlights, studio hosting and calling games for

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and NHL Network. Beginning in 2007, he spent three summers calling minor league baseball games for the

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and for the

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. Starting in 2009, Cohen served as one of the play-by-play voices for

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Varsity, a network dedicated exclusively to high school sports. From 2010 to 2015, he was a sports update anchor for

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, which included delivering reports on SiriusXM NFL Radio's Sunday Drive program. Cohen called a wide range of sports as play-by-play voice of ONE World Sports. His assignments included the Kontinental Hockey League, Champions Hockey League, Chinese Basketball Association, New York Cosmos soccer and baseball's legendary Yomiuri Giants. In June 2015, he reported live during the Cosmos historic friendly in Havana, Cuba. Cohen made his Olympics debut with NBC Sports in 2016, calling weightlifting in the Rio Games alongside

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. Later that year, he did play-by-play of the Paralympic Games for wheelchair rugby, including the gold medal game on NBC. He has worked the U.S. Tennis Open since 2015, calling play-by-play for the tournament's international television feed as well as US Open Radio. He handled similar world feed responsibilities for IMG Media's coverage of the

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in 2017. Cohen continues to call college basketball games for

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, which he's done since 2013, along with Big Ten Network, in addition to past experience with

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Regional and covering the

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on SNY and

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New York Knicks

Cohen works with analyst Brendan Brown on

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radio broadcasts, heard on ESPN New York 98.7 FM. In January 2018, he worked his first Knicks'

telecast alongside

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. Cohen is also the TV play-by-play voice of the New York Liberty on MSG Networks. He previously called

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soccer on MSG in addition to handling play-by-play responsibilities for MSG Network’s coverage of Knicks Summer League in 2017.

Personal life

Cohen was named one of the "Top 30 Sportscasters Under 30" by STAA in 2014. Cohen lives in New York City with his wife Emily.

References

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