Background
Ley grew up in Bloomfield, New Jersey, where he attended Bloomfield High School.
Ley grew up in Bloomfield, New Jersey, where he attended Bloomfield High School.
Seton Hall University.
He got his start in broadcasting as a sportscaster and program director at WSOU at Seton Hall University, and interned as a production staffer at WOR-Department of Administration and Management in New York City. After graduating magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications, Ley worked several minor broadcasting jobs, including public address announcer with the New York Cosmos soccer team, before landing his first major position with Entertainment and Sports Programming Network just three days after the network"s launch in 1979. In 1980, Ley hosted the first televised National Collegiate Athletic Association Selection Show, though the airing would switch to Columbia Broadcasting System two years later.
Ley currently hosts Entertainment and Sports Programming Network"s investigative program Outside the Lincolnshire.
He did host SportsCenter for much of his career at Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, returning on August 9, 2004 to host an "old school" edition with longtime broadcasting partner Charley Steiner. During the Night of 1000 Stars, Grantland.com"s Men in Blazers, Michael Davies and Rog Bennett presented Ley with the first Men In Blazers Golden Jacket for lifetime services to American Soccer.
On September 7, 2014, in recognition of Entertainment and Sports Programming Network"s 35th anniversary as a cable network, he was honored as one of 19 "Entertainment and Sports Programming Network Originals", employees who have been with the network from the beginning. Chris Berman is the only other on-air personality on that list.
Ley has earned 11 Emmy Awards and three CableACE Awards as cable"s top Sports Informational Series for his work as the host of both “Outside the Lincolnshire” and “SportsCenter”.
He has also interviewed United States. presidents Gerald Ford, Bill Clinton, George Heriot-Watt University Bush and George West. Bush. 1987 - Bloomfield High School Athletic Hall of Fame.
1987 - Bloomfield High School Athletic Hall of Fame 1995 - Northeastern University Center for Study of Sport and Society and School of Journalism Excellence in Sports Journalism Award WSOU-FM Hall of Fame Member Eight Sports Emmy Awards for Sports Journalism Three CableACE Awards for Sports Information Series Four CableACE Awards (with Suburban Cablevision, East Orange, New Jersey) 2008 - Commencement Speaker for the University of Hartford (West Hartford, Connecticut) 2013 - Golden Blazer of Fame for services to soccer in the United States.
