Casey Stern | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1978-10-17)October 17, 1978 (age 47)[1] Massapequa,New York, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Television and radiosports broadcaster |
| Years active | 2000–present |
| Employer | Turner Sports |
| Known for | Sports anchor onCNN'sSports Tonight, and anchor forNBA TV andSirius XM Radio |
| Children | 3 |
Casey Stern (born October 17, 1978, inMassapequa, New York[2]) is an American television personality and radio host who currently works forTurner Sports andSirius XM Radio.
Stern departedMLB.com's BaseballChannel.tv, formerly MLB Radio where he was most recently host of the Fantasy 411. On April 28, 2006, he began hosting a half-hour television show on the Baseball Channel onMLB.com calledMLB.com Midday. Stern hosted "State of the RedSox.com Nation" on the Redsox.com[2] until November 7. Peter McCarthy now hosts "State of the RedSox.com Nation". McCarthy took over from Stern onUnder the Lights. He also used to hostUnder the Lights on MLB Radio but left in November 2005 to pursue video atMLB.com.
Stern is also a die-hardNew York Mets fan and hosted "Next Stop Shea" on Mets.com. Stern hostedThe Bottom Line on the Baseball Channel which took over fromStayin' Hot with Seth and Bone when Darryl Hamilton left to work for MLB. He previously co-hosted the Fantasy 411 on the Baseball Channel with longtime hosts, Mike Siano and Cory Schwartz.
During the October 17, 2015TBS postgame coverage of Game 1 of theNLCS, Stern issued an on-air apology for the apparent use of profanity when sending the broadcast to commercial. He took full responsibility for the "hot mic" incident and apologized to anybody he offended.[3]
On March 31 and December 15, 2016, he hostedTNT's pregame and postshowNBA coverage, includingInside the NBA, substituting forErnie Johnson. He hosted the show of December 15, filling in for Johnson because of a family illness, on a day that was devoted to the death of sideline reporterCraig Sager.
On August 26, 2016, Turner Sports reached a multi-year agreement with Stern to join Turner as a studio host for theMLB on TBS and theNBA on TNT, as well asNCAA March Madness, replacing colleagueMatt Winer. Stern was later removed from March Madness for the2020 NCAA tournament, which was canceled due to theCOVID-19 outbreak, as he was to be replaced byCBS'sAdam Zucker.
Stern grew up in Massapequa and spent 13 years, as an adult, living inSeaford.[4]