ALBERT INDICTED ON SEX CHARGE.Byline: Michael Rosenthal Daily News Staff Writer NBC Sports NBC Sports is a division of NBC, responsible for the televising of many sports events on the network. The NBC Sports broadcast lineup includes: The Olympic Games (through 2012), the NFL, the NHL, Notre Dame Football, the PGA Tour, the USGA Championships, Wimbledon, the French wouldn't say whether popular NBA NBA abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= announcer 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". will be pulled from the playoffs after he was indicted INDICTED, practice. When a man is accused by a bill of indictment preferred by a grand jury, he is said to be indicted. on a felony charge Monday. The longtime 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 Knicks announcer was indicted by a grand jury on an assault charge and a felony count of sodomy sodomy Noncoital carnal copulation. Sodomy is a crime in some jurisdictions. Some sodomy laws, particularly in Middle Eastern countries and those jurisdictions observing Shari'ah law, provide penalties as severe as life imprisonment for homosexual intercourse, even if the after a woman alleged to police he bit her as many as 15 times and forced her to perform a sex act in an Arlington, Va., hotel room. ``I categorically deny these charges and intend to vigorously defend myself against these allegations,'' Albert said in a statement. ``I am confident that I will be completely exonerated when these allegations are addressed in a public courtroom.'' If convicted, Albert, 53, faces a prison term of five years to life. Albert will be allowed to turn himself in next week. He is scheduled to appear Thursday in Arlington Circuit Court but the hearing could be delayed until Monday to give his attorneys more time to prepare. He is divorced from his first wife and engaged to a free-lance television producer. 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. , which has employed Albert for 20 years, would not say when it would make a decision. He is scheduled to work Saturday's Eastern Conference Finals game between the Chicago Bulls The Chicago Bulls are a professional basketball team based in Chicago, Illinois. They play in the National Basketball Association. The team was founded in 1966, and has won six NBA Championships since. and Miami Heat. ``Obviously, it is inappropriate for us to comment at this time until we have had an opportunity to fully review the allegations with Marv, his representatives and our lawyers,'' NBC said in a statement. John Andariese, Albert's broadcasting partner on Knicks' cable television broadcasts on the MSG MSG: see glutamic acid. Network, was stunned. ``I'm dumbfounded dumb·found also dum·found tr.v. dumb·found·ed, dumb·found·ing, dumb·founds To fill with astonishment and perplexity; confound. See Synonyms at surprise. , I'm shocked,'' he said. ``This is not consistent with the Marv I know.'' The NBA and MSG Network declined comment and several other of his colleagues failed to return phone calls. The incident allegedly occurred in the early-morning hours of Feb. 12 at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Arlington, Va., hours after the Knicks played the Washington Bullets in nearby Landover, Md. According to Arlington police spokesman Tom Bell, Albert and a 41-year-old woman from Vienna, Va., whom he has known for 10 years, began arguing shortly after they arrived at his hotel room. ``She says he threw her on the bed and that he bit her severely, viciously, on the back,'' Bell said. ``She had bite marks, 10 or 15 of them, and then . . . he forced her to commit sodomy.'' In some places, the flesh on her back was ``ripped,'' he said. Police were called after the woman went to National Hospital in Arlington, where she was treated for the bites and released, Bell said. Bell said investigators proceeded very deliberately because of Albert's high profile. ``We wanted to make sure that she checked out, that she was not some kind of gold digger or something, and she is not,'' Bell said. Police prepared warrants several weeks ago and planned to arrest Albert if he came to the area for an April 30 playoff game between the Bullets and the Chicago Bulls. However, Albert did not work the game. ``If he had been in town and we could have found him, we would have arrested him on those warrants,'' Bell said. Albert, known for his staccato voice and call of ``Yesssss!'' when a player scores, joined NBC in 1977, working six NBA Championships and three NBA All-Star Games. He covered three Olympics with the network, announcing basketball and boxing. 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