Who is Keith Olbermann?

Keith Olbermann is an American sports journalist and political commentator. He is also a famous American sportswriter and author.

Keith is best known as the former host of Countdown with Keith Olbermann. He is currently the host of GQ’s political web show The Resistance with Keith Olbermann.

Keith Olbermann: Birth Facts, Family, Childhood

Keith Olbermann was born Keith Theodore Olbermann on January 27, 1959, in New York City, New York, United States.

He is an American by nationality and he is of mixed ethnicity (German, Polish, English, Irish, French).

Keith is the elder son of Marie Katherine and Theodore Olbermann.

Keith Olbermann’s father is a commercial architect and his mother is a preschool teacher. He has a younger sister named Jenna Olbermann. Keith grew up in Westchester County with his family.

Keith Olbermann became the author of the book The Major League Coaches when he was 14 years old.

Education History

As a child, Keith Olbermann attended Hackley School and Farragut Middle School.

After completing school education, he attended Cornell University at the age of 16 and graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Communications Arts in 1979.

As a teenager, Keith Olbermann was a baseball fan and he often wrote about baseball card collecting.