Bradley University Athletics

Charley Steiner Named to MVC Hall of Fame

General 8/25/2021 2:00:00 PM

A leader nationally in the sports journalism field, Bradley University's Charley Steiner '71 is the latest Brave to earn induction into the Missouri Valley Conference Hall of Fame.

Steiner graduated from Bradley in 1971 and immediately launched his broadcasting career by working at radio stations in Peoria, Ill., Davenport, Iowa; New Haven, Conn.; Hartford, Conn.; and Cleveland before entering the New York market in 1978.

Steiner first became the play-by-play voice of the USFL's New Jersey Generals from 1983-85 and the NFL's New York Jets from 1986-87 before joining ESPN as an on-air talent in 1988. He then spent 14 years at ESPN, serving as a popular SportsCenter anchor in addition to becoming the network's lead boxing analyst, handling play-by-play duties for college football ESPN2 primetime games and for the Sunday Night Baseball broadcasts on ESPN Radio.

In 2002, Steiner left ESPN to become the New York Yankees radio play-by-play announcer and he now is in his 17th year as a play-by-play announcer for the Los Angeles Dodgers after spending three years with the Yankees.

Steiner was inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame in November 2013 and is a five-time Emmy Award winner. He also won a Clarion Award for his coverage of the Mike Tyson rape trial, as well as a CableACE Award for his work on a Muhammad Ali documentary produced for ESPN's Outside the Lines series.

In 2015, Bradley University renamed its sports communication program in honor of Steiner with the Charley Steiner School of Sports Communication becoming the first named sports communication school in the nation.

Steiner is the 13th Brave to earn induction into the MVC Hall of Fame. The league will conduct its annual Hall of Fame ceremony as part the State Farm Missouri Valley Conference Men's Basketball Championship in St. Louis, Mo., next March 3-6. The Friday, March 4, festivities will begin with an 8:00 a.m. breakfast, followed by the induction ceremony at 8:30 a.m.

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