gold medalist Jeff Blatnick. Beck was hired by WNBC-TV in 1997 as the weekend sports anchor and weekday reporter. He became the lead sports anchor in 2009. From 2000 to 2008, Beck was a studio anchor for NBA TV. Beck began calling professional boxing in 1986 with MSG Network. He currently calls fights for ESPN+ and Top Rank Boxing. Beck has also called the blow by blow for USA Network, Showtime Championship Boxing, and numerous international broadcasts. Most notably, Beck manned the headset for Evander Holyfield vs. Mike Tyson II on June 28, 1997. From 2011 to 2013, Beck handled blow by blow duties for Epix (TV network). In 2015, he called the action for HBO2's boxing presentation from Macau. In 2016, Beck handled some blow by blow duties for Spike TV's Premier Boxing Champions and for Spike's Bellator Kickboxing. Awards In November of 2021, Broadcasting & Cable honored Beck as the top local sports anchor in America. Beck has also been named New York State Sportscaster of the Year 9 times, including six years in a row from 2007 until 2012, by the National Sports Media Association. In the 1990s, Beck was twice named New Jersey Sportscaster of the Year. Beck received the 2006 New York Emmy as Outstanding Sports Anchor. In 2011, Beck won a New York Sports Emmy for his interview with former Rutgers football player Eric Legrand. Overall, he has received eight New York Sports Emmys, one Mid-Atlantic Sports Emmy and three national Cable Ace Awards. In 2017, Ithaca College honored Beck with the Jessica Savitch Award of Distinction for Excellence in Journalism. Beck was chosen by St. John's University to deliver the 2009 Commencement speech to its Staten Island Campus on May 16. He received an Honorary Doctor of Letters Degree. Bruce was inducted into the MetroWest Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 2008. Personal life Beck grew up in Livingston, New Jersey, where his mother Doris Beck twice served as mayor. She was the first female mayor of any Essex County municipality. He was a student athlete at Livingston High School. He graduated from high school in 1974 and was inducted into the school's hall of fame in 1993. A graduate of Ithaca College in Ithaca, New York, Beck received a Bachelor of Science degree in 1978. Bruce and his wife, Janet, currently reside in Westchester County, New York. The Becks have two sons,