Keith Olbermann

Keith Olbermann (born January 27, 1959 in New York City, New York) is an American news anchor and former sportscaster. He currently hosts Countdown with Keith Olbermann on MSNBC, an hour-long nightly newscast that counts down the top news stories of the day.

Trivia

• Possesses six lumbar vertebrae instead of the usual five.
• Wears a size 14 shoe.
• Damaged depth perception in 1980 by rushing to catch a subway car at New York City's Shea Stadium and slamming his head into the top of the door frame.
• Has a mild case of Coeliac disease (gluten intolerance).
• Was raised Unitarian.
• Is related to boxer Mike Tyson by marriage. (Olbermann's father's brother married the niece of Tyson's adoptive father Cus D'Amato, making Olbermann and Tyson first cousins once removed.)
• Claims media personality Bill O'Reilly to be his nemesis, taking joy in poking fun at him and referring to him with nicknames such as "The Big Giant Head" and mocking O'Reilly's purported fetish for loofah sponges, as alleged in a sexual harrassment suit against O'Reilly. O'Reilly's show, The O'Reilly Factor, airs on the Fox News Channel at the same time as Olbermann's show on MSNBC, garnering ratings six times higher than Olbermann's.
• New York Yankees second baseman Chuck Knoblauch accidentally hit Keith's mother in the head, during a botched play at Yankee Stadium in 1998.
• Is a well known vintage baseball card collector of T-206 tobacco cards.