At ESPN, he usually works onSportsCenter, and has hosted the late night edition on Monday night during the NFL season, followingMonday Night Football. He coveredNHL regular season and playoff games before the network lost the rights to televise the league's games.[5] He also previously covered the network's college football coverage for four seasons, 1999–2002, returning to this role in 2016.[6] He also served as a fill-in play-by-play commentator forWednesday Night Baseball. He served as ESPN's lead play-by-play announcer for theXFL in 2020.[7]
National Hockey League
Levy is a prolific and well-known NHL broadcaster. He has earned the nickname "Mr. Extra Period" for having called three of the longest televised games in NHL history, all of which have been playoff games, two of which he teamed up withDarren Pang:[8][9][10] a1996 game between thePittsburgh Penguins and theWashington Capitals that went four overtimes; a2000 contest that also featured the Penguins, this time playing thePhiladelphia Flyers, which went five overtimes; and a2003 matchup between theMighty Ducks of Anaheim and theDallas Stars, which also went five overtimes, and lasted six hours. The only two games to go longer took place before the era of television.
Monday Night Football
In 2019, Levy called one of ESPN'sMonday Night Football matchups in week 1 alongside his broadcast partnersBrian Griese andLouis Riddick.[11] The following year, the trio were named to the leadMonday Night Football crew,[12][13] which lasted until the hiring ofJoe Buck andTroy Aikman in 2022.[14][15] Levy was paired with Riddick andDan Orlovsky as MNF's second announcing crew when the NFL announced two MNF games beginning in 2022,[16] before being replaced byChris Fowler the next year.[17]
^"Steve Levy - ESPN Media Zone".ESPN Media Zone. Archived fromthe original on January 22, 2010. RetrievedJuly 4, 2022.Born March 12, 1965, Levy is a 1987 graduate of Oswego State with a bachelor of science degree in communications with a concentration in broadcasting.
^abc"Steve Levy".ESPN Press Room U.S. RetrievedMarch 16, 2024.
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