ALBERT, FRATELLO HURT IN ACCIDENT.Byline: - Tom Hoffarth Injuries suffered in a car accident early Friday morning will keep broadcasters Marv Albert Marv Albert (born June 12, 1940) is an American television and radio sportscaster, honored for his work as a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame and is commonly referred to as "the voice of basketball". From 1967 to 2004, he was also known as "the voice of the New York Knicks". and Mike Fratello from working this weekend's NBA NBA abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= playoff coverage for NBC NBC in full National Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network. . Albert suffered cuts, a concussion and sprained ankle and Fratello also had cuts when their limousine hit a stalled truck on Interstate 295 just outside Trenton, N.J. They were heading to New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of via Philadelphia after covering the Pacers-Sixers game for TNT TNT: see trinitrotoluene. TNT in full trinitrotoluene Pale yellow, solid organic compound made by adding nitrate (−NO2) groups to toluene. on Thursday night in Indianapolis. Tom Hammond has been switched to fill in for Albert on the broadcast team with Bill Walton and Steve Jones and will do Utah-Sacramento Game 1 on Saturday and Portland-Lakers Game 1 on Sunday. Bob Costas fills in for Hammond on play by play for Saturday's Indiana-New Jersey Game 1 and Sunday's Philadelphia-Boston Game 1. Albert will probably be hospitalized until Saturday, a network spokesperson said. Fratello, an NBC studio analyst, was released six hours after the accident. Both are scheduled to do NBA playoff games for TNT next week. The limo driver, Michael Begej, had a broken hip and head injuries and was listed in good condition. Neither of the two men in the delivery truck was injured, a state police spokesman said. |
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