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{{short description|American sports media personality (born c. 1973)}}
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| birth_place   = [[Waterloo, New York]]
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| genre = Play-by-play, pre-game, post-game
| sport = [[Ice hockey]], [[golf]]
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'''Kevin Sylvester''' (born c.1973) is an American sports media personality, currently employed as a radio broadcaster for the [[PGA Tour]].
Sylvester had an 11-year association with the [[Buffalo Sabres]]. He succeeded [[Josh Mora]] as the Sabres' studio host during the [[2005–06 Buffalo Sabres season]]<ref name="bn050813"/> and was the alternate play-by-play broadcaster during the [[2011–12 Buffalo Sabres season|2011–12 season]], handling most of the club's road games.<ref name="bn110616"/><ref name="bn110712"/> His partner in the broadcast booth was veteran broadcaster [[Danny Gare]], whose number has been retired by the Sabres. Since the [[2008–09 Buffalo Sabres season|2008–09]] season, he has been a substitute announcer for longtime play-by-play man [[Rick Jeanneret]], who has called the team's games since the [[1971–72 Buffalo Sabres season|1971–72 season]].<ref name="bn110616"/><ref name="bn110712"/> On June 18, 2012, Sylvester's new show, ''Sabres Hockey Hotline'', debuted from the Sabres Store inside the [[First Niagara Center]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sabres.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=634994|title=SABRES HOCKEY HOTLINE|last=Snow|first=Kevin|date=18 June 2012|accessdate=17 July 2012}}</ref> Sylvester left the Sabres organization on April 8, 2016, to join the PGA.
Before joining the Sabres, Sylvester was a morning host at WGR. Sylvester also serves as color commentator on [[Buffalo Bulls men's basketball|UB Bulls men's basketball]], with Paul Peck as the play-by-play man, on broadcasts carried by [[ESPN3]]. Sylvester also hosts two television series for [[WGRZ]]: ''This Weekend'', a weekend events magazine,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://talkintv.buffalonews.com/2016/09/29/sylvester-returns-tv-new-local-ch-2-program/ |title=Sylvester returns to TV with new local Ch.2 program |access-date=2016-10-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161008170120/http://talkintv.buffalonews.com/2016/09/29/sylvester-returns-tv-new-local-ch-2-program/ |archive-date=2016-10-08 |url-status=dead }}</ref> and ''Tee 2 Green'', about golf. Similarly, Sylvester is also the author of the 44-page book ''The Married Man's Guide to Golf''. Along with Peck, Sylvester will launch ''Buffalo Sports Page'', an Internet portal and corresponding radio show on [[WECK]], in August 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/buffalo/news/2017/07/05/buffalo-sports-page-to-debut-next-month.html|title=Buffalo Sports Page to debut next month|first=James|last=Fink|work=Business First|date=July 5, 2017|accessdate=2017-07-05}}</ref>
Sylvester is a 1991 graduate of [[Waterloo High School (New York)|Waterloo High School]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20130113/SPORTS0103/301130028/Leo-Roth-Kevin-Sylvester-ready-go-after-lockout|title=Kevin Sylvester ready to go after lockout|last=Roth|first=Lee|date=14 January 2013|work=[[Rochester Democrat and Chronicle]]|publisher=[[Gannett]]|accessdate=22 January 2013}}</ref> and a 1995 alumnus of the [[State University of New York at Fredonia]].<ref name="tl103031"/>
== See also ==
* [[List of current National Hockey League broadcasters]]
* [[List of Buffalo Sabres broadcasters]]
==References==
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<ref name="bn050813">{{cite news |first=Alan |last=Pergament |work=[[The Buffalo News]] |title=Sabres go to 'Shootout' for postgame |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=BN&p_theme=bn&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=10C038ABA6EA6700&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |date=August 13, 2005 |accessdate=October 22, 2011}}</ref>
<ref name="bn110616">{{cite news |first=John |last=Vogl |work=[[The Buffalo News]] |title=Sylvester, Gare will call majority of Sabres road games |url=http://www.buffalonews.com/sports/sabres-nhl/article457059.ece |date=June 16, 2011 |accessdate=October 22, 2011}}</ref>
<ref name="tl103031">{{cite news |first=Eric |last=Tichy |work=The Leader |publisher=[[State University of New York at Fredonia]] |title=Kevin Sylvester visits Fredonia as guest speaker |url=http://www.fredonialeader.com/sports/kevin-sylvester-visits-fredonia-as-guest-speaker-1.1290246#.TqMaF7K6WuI |date=March 31, 2010 |accessdate=October 22, 2011}}</ref>
<ref name="bn110712">{{cite news |first=Mike |last=Harrington |work=[[The Buffalo News]] |title=Jeanneret slated for 57 games |url=http://www.buffalonews.com/sports/sabres-nhl/article486753.ece |date=July 12, 2011 |accessdate=October 22, 2011}}</ref>
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20111026003753/http://sabres.nhl.com/club/blog.htm?id=45 Sly Notes], professional blog hosted by the [[Buffalo Sabres]]
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[[Category:Buffalo Sabres announcers]]
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[[Category:National Hockey League broadcasters]]
[[Category:State University of New York at Fredonia alumni]]
[[Category:People from Fredonia, New York]]
[[Category:Radio personalities from Buffalo, New York]]
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