Born and raised in upper Manhattan, Steve Kallas attended elementary school at P.S. 98 in the Inwood section. He played baseball, basketball and was on the bowling team at Power Memorial Academy, where former Knick assistant (and current Magic assistant) Brendan Malone was one of his coaches. In his senior year at Power, Steve was awarded the John P. Donohue medal for excellence in athletics.
Steve also played baseball, basketball and was on the bowling team at New York University, where NYU Hall of Famer Mike Muzio was one of his coaches. Steve later graduated from the Fordham University School of Law, where he was a member of the Law Review.
Steve has appeared numerous times on television and radio to talk about sports in general and youth sports in particular. His TV appearances include national spots on ESPN’s SportsCenter (with Sage Steele), on CNN/Headline News’ “Prime News” (with Mike Galanos) and on Fox and Friends (with Brian Kilmeade). He has also appeared on MSG’s SportsDesk (with Deb Placey) and Talk of Our Town (multiple times) on the Madison Square Garden Network, as well as Connecticut Public Television at cptv.org.
On radio, Steve has appeared numerous times on Rick Wolff’s WFAN radio show, “The Sports Edge” and, in 2009, filled in for Rick as guest host. He has appeared multiple times on both the Boomer and Carton Show and the Joe Benigno and Evan Roberts Show on WFAN. He has also appeared once with Mike Francesa on WFAN to discuss the Plaxico Burress case.
In 2009, Steve became a member of the 21st Century Media Alliance. He now often appears with host Rick Morris on ClevelandSportsTalk.com.
Steve’s writing includes three years as a columnist for Madison Square Garden’s website, MSGNetwork.com, and one year for the New York Post Sports Week (in its only year of existence), where he has covered all the major sports (baseball, football, basketball and hockey) and horse racing as well. His work has appeared in such varied publications as Sports Business Journal, Hispanic Beisbol Magazine, The Hartford Courant, Hoof Beats Magazine, The Scarsdale Inquirer and The Horseman and Fair World Magazine. He is also a frequent contributor to thebiglead.com.
Steve is a director of the Center for Sports Parenting. In 2004, he was selected to be on a national expert panel by the Citizenship through Sports Alliance which, in 2005, came out with its National Report Card on Youth Sports.
