Report: Legendary broadcaster Marv Albert set to retire

Legendary play-by-play voice Marv Albert is set to retire after the NBA season concludes, sources told the New York Post's Andrew Marchand.

Albert's current employer, TNT, is expected to announce the decision during the upcoming NBA playoffs.

Albert, a 1997 inductee into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame who turns 80 next month, is set to call it quits after nearly 60 years of calling professional sports.

The Brooklyn, New York, native worked his first New York Knicks game in January 1963 as a 21-year-old before serving as the franchise's radio and television voice for 37 years.

Albert has been with TNT since 1999 but also covered the NBA for the YES Network and NBC. Albert has also worked as a play-by-play analyst for the New York Giants, New York Rangers, and covered horse racing and boxing throughout a storied career.

NBC fired Albert before the 1997-98 NBA season after he plead guilty to misdemeanor assault and battery charges as part of a sexual assault scandal. The network brought Albert back less than two years later to cover the 2000-01 and 2001-02 NBA seasons.

Largely known for his trademark "YES!" exclamation, Albert is reportedly set to call his final game during the Eastern Conference Finals.

Albert's usual broadcast partner, former Sacramento Kings star Chris Webber, is also leaving TNT, but the two departures are reportedly unrelated. Webber won't present the playoffs, which are set to kick-off on May 22, and TNT has yet to announce who will work alongside Albert.