Mike Breen
Breen began his broadcasting career shortly after graduation from Fordham University, serving as a newscaster and sportscaster for WEOK/WPDH Radio in Poughkeepsie, NY. Soon after he began working as a television commentator for Marist College basketball games on the Colony Sports Network, while also serving as analyst for Seton Hall basketball on the radio.
Breen spent over a decade as the sports reporter on WFAN’s “Imus in the Morning” radio show and has called play-by-play for the NFL on NBC and Fox. He has worked four Olympics, calling men’s and women’s basketball at the 1996, 2000, 2004 and 2008 summer games, and has also covered the WNBA for NBC.
The National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association recognized Breen’s talents in 1998 naming him “Broadcaster of the Year” in New York State. Breen also won a New York Emmy Award in 2009 for “On-Camera Talent: Sports Play-by-Play,” a category he was nominated in three time previously.
Among the many charities Breen is involved with, his favorites are St. Mary’s Children’s Hospital and The Miracle Foundation. Breen is also a running enthusiast and has completed three New York City Marathons.
He lives with his wife Rosanne, sons Michael and Matthew, and daughter Nicole on Long Island.