“Mr. Extra Period” lives a blissful off-screen life with his family.
Steve Levy, the American journalist and sportscaster best known for his work with ESPN, is married to his wife of 15 years and mother of his three children, Ani Levy.
Onscreen, Steve has become a respected figure in sports broadcasting and has earned the nickname “Mr. Extra Period” for calling some of the longest-televised games in NHL history.
He has been with ESPN since 1993 and is known for broadcasting college football, Monday Night Football, and the National Hockey League.
Before joining ESPN, Levy worked in radio and television in New York.
He has also appeared in several films, such as “Fever Pitch,” “The Ringer,” and “The Game Plan,” as well as advertisements, such as in a print ad for Raymond Weil, the Swiss watchmaker.
Beyond his illustrious career in media, Steve Levy enjoys a blissful life with his wife and children.
Steve Levy’s Wife Ani Levy Is A Lawyer By Profession
Ani Levy is a lawyer specializing in health law.
Currently, she serves as the Deputy General Counsel for Caritas Christi Health Care.
Born in the United Kingdom, she was the youngest child of her family.
Ani graduated from the Fredric G. Levin College of Law at the University of Florida in 2001.
She has worked for several prestigious law firms, including Greenberg Traurig and McDermott Will & Emery.
Steve and Ani married in 2009 at the Four Seasons Hotel in Boston.
They have three children together: a daughter named Harper, born in 2010, and twin sons named Carson and Stone.
The family lives a private life, with Ani not having a publicly known social media account and Steve using his X primarily for work.
However, Steve recently shared rare glimpses of his relationship with his children, particularly his daughter Harper, who is a Swiftie.
Steve Is A Loving And Present Dad
On November 15, 2024, Steve took his 14-year-old daughter to the Taylor Swift concert at Rogers Centre, Toronto.
He not only took Harper to the Eras Tour event but wholeheartedly participated, even rocking a vintage Taylor Swift t-shirt with the iconic number “13” in his hand and encouraging other girldads to do the same.
Steve is also close to his twin sons and is occasionally seen bringing them to baseball games.
All in on #Tayronto pic.twitter.com/6a9eKr03Lf
— Steve Levy (@espnSteveLevy) November 14, 2024
Steve is best known for his work on SportsCenter, where he hosted the late-night edition following Monday Night Football during the NFL season.
The nickname “Mr. Extra Period” was coined after he called the 1996 game between the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Washington Capitals, which went four overtimes, the 2000 game between the Penguins and the Philadelphia Flyers, which went five overtimes, and the 2003 game between the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim and the Dallas Stars, which also went five overtimes.
He covered college football for ESPN from 1999 to 2002 and returned to this role in 2016.
In 2019, Levy called one of ESPN’s Monday Night Football matchups and was later named to the lead Monday Night Football crew in 2020. He was replaced by Chris Fowler in 2022.
In Case You Didn’t Know
- Before joining ESPN, Steve worked radio and television roles at WFAN, MSG Network, WCBS-TV, WABC-AM, and WNBC-AM.
- During a 1995 SportsCenter broadcast, a teleprompter error caused Steve Levy to read “bulging di*k” instead of “disk.” Despite the slip-up, he continued the segment on NFL injuries, but by the end, he and co-anchor Keith Olbermann were laughing uncontrollably.
- Steve, a graduate of the State University of New York (SUNY) at Oswego, has delivered commencement speeches and is an avid supporter of his alma mater’s hockey team.
