In 2005, Albert officially became the lead play-by-play man for the New Jersey Nets franchise and started calling their games in the 2005 – 2006 basketball season on the YES Network, often teaming with Brooklyn native and NBA veteran, Mark Jackson.

Minneapolis native Craig Finn of the Brooklyn band The Hold Steady claimed that The Replacements ' music, along with distaste towards the New York City music scene, was the impetus to form The Hold Steady.

Bowen was a Woodstock native who became wealthy through the dry-goods business and publishing in Brooklyn, New York.

Among these native to Reading are Brooklyn Dodgers outfielder Carl Furillo, Baltimore Colts running back Lenny Moore, and Philadelphia 76ers forward Donyell Marshall.

The baseball field is named after Billy Cox, a town native who played third base for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Brooklyn Dodgers, and Baltimore Orioles in the 1940s and 50's.

On June 30, 1988 the Sunset Park Bus Depot in Brooklyn was renamed the Jackie Gleason Depot in honor of the native Brooklynite.

The crew was composed of Uniondale, New York, natives Charlie Brown ( Bryan Higgins ) and Dinco D ( James Jackson ); North Amityville, New York native Cut Monitor Milo ( Sheldon Scott ); and Busta Rhymes ( Trevor Smith, Jr .), who was originally from Brooklyn, New York but later moved to Uniondale.

A Brooklyn native, D ' Onofrio has twice participated in the annual event which benefits affordable housing for the Brooklyn community.

The zoot suit-clad Fleegle was a native of Brooklyn, and his burlesque New York accent was unmistakable — especially when addressing his " goil ," the zaftig Shoiley.

A Brooklyn native, he is a prominent Modern Orthodox theologian, historian, and philosopher.

" Ageloff returned to her native Brooklyn, New York in September that same year, and Mercader joined her, assuming the identity of Canadian Frank Jacson.

The protagonists were two Southern California policemen: the dark-haired Brooklyn transplant David Michael Starsky ( Paul Michael Glaser ) who was a streetwise detective and U. S. Army veteran with intense, sometimes childlike moods, and the blond Duluth, Minnesota native

A native of Brooklyn, New York, he graduated from Franklin and Marshall College ( A. B.

In the summer of 2004, the jam band Phish began what was billed as its last tour with a two-night stand at MCU Park, with a guest appearance by rapper Jay-Z, a native of Brooklyn, on the second evening.

Benjamin is a native of Brooklyn, New York, and grew up in the Marine Park neighborhood, where he attended PS 222.

Frank Doubleday was a native of Brooklyn, New York, the son of a hatter and his wife.

In 2004, 40 Acres moved all of its operations to New York City with headquarters in Spike Lee's native borough of Brooklyn.

Kalter is a native New Yorker, born in 1943 in Brooklyn and raised in Little Neck and Cedarhurst.

Popular and most successful hip hop artists include Katutura native Jericho, Kanibal, Snazzy, BK ( Brooklyn & Kimorah ) ( Rapper and Singer ), Rizzy, A-51, a group of native Angolans, and D-Jay, who has lived most of his life between Walvis Bay and Chicago, United States.

Montreal-style bagels can be purchased at a deli called Mile End, in the Boerum Hill section of Brooklyn, which was opened and is run by a Montreal native.

His insistence on the primacy of language and his forays into metafiction mark him as a postmodernist, but he is also known for his ear for American speech and his attention to the particularities of place, especially of his native Brooklyn.

A native of Brooklyn, New York, he batted left-handed and threw right-handed.

This is particularly acute for those who attended Midwood High School directly across the street from Brooklyn College.

In fall 1957, for example, nearly 36, 000 attended Hunter, Brooklyn, Queens and City Colleges for free, but another 24, 000 paid tuition of up to $ 300 a year — the equivalent of $ 2, 411. 98 in 2011.

Krush attended Edward R. Murrow High School in Brooklyn, whose chess team is considered by many to be one of the top high school teams in the U. S.

Ferrigno attended St. Athanasius Grammar School and Brooklyn Technical High School, where he learned metal working.

She attended Saint Rose of Lima, a Catholic school in Brooklyn, followed by St. Ambrose School ( Los Angeles ) and the Immaculate Heart High School ( Los Feliz ).

In July 1952, at age 17 Clemente attended a clinic / tryout camp sponsored by the Brooklyn Dodgers and Santurce Crabbers and run by Dodger scout Al Campanis.

In 1951, when Giuliani was seven, his family moved from Brooklyn to Garden City South, where he attended the local Catholic school, St. Anne's.

He attended Brooklyn Technical High School to remove himself from the Catholic influence.

" In Brooklyn, he attended John Dewey High School.

Simon was a brother in the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity, earned a degree in English literature, and briefly attended Brooklyn Law School after graduation, but his real passion was rock and roll.

He was raised by his single mother and attended many schools in Brooklyn.

Kapor was born in Brooklyn, New York, and attended public schools on Long Island in Freeport, New York, where he graduated from high school in 1967.

DeForest attended Poly Prep Country Day School in Brooklyn, New York.

In 1865 the grounds hosted a championship match between the Mutual Club of New York and the Atlantic Club of Brooklyn that was attended by an estimated 20, 000 fans and captured in the Currier & Ives lithograph " The American National Game of Base Ball ".

Betty Comden was born Basya Cohen in New York City, attended Erasmus Hall High School in Brooklyn, and studied drama at New York University.

Peter and his parents first settled in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn in 1953 where he attended Lafayette High School ( New York City ).

73 in Brooklyn and attended ( but did not graduate from ) John Adams High School in Queens and Bushwick High School in Brooklyn.

Following a 15-minute ceremony at St. James ' Church attended by 150 guests, including Lauren Bacall, Frank Sinatra and Nancy Walker, Clift was buried in the Quaker Cemetery, Prospect Park, Brooklyn, New York City.

When he was seven, his family emigrated to Seattle ( United States ), where he attended Queen Anne Elementary School, Meany Middle School and Garfield High School, and honed his game at a ( now-defunct ) coffeehouse, the Last Exit on Brooklyn, playing against the likes of Latvian-born master Viktors Pupols and six-time Washington State Champion James Harley McCormick.

Carter attended Eli Whitney High School in Brooklyn, along with future rapper AZ, until it was closed down.

After that he attended George Westinghouse Career and Technical Education High School in Downtown Brooklyn, with fellow future rappers The Notorious B. I. G.

In 1980, Soloveitchik attended a celebration marking 30 years of Rabbi Schneerson's leadership at the Lubavitch headquarters in Brooklyn New York.

Born to self-educated Russian-Jewish immigrants Alex Festinger ( an embroidery manufacturer ) and Sara Solomon Festinger in Brooklyn, New York, Leon Festinger attended Boys ' High School and received a bachelor's in science at City College of New York in 1939.