Keith Olbermann

Keith Olbermann is a former sportscaster and host of "Countdown with Keith Olbermann" on MSNBC, and hour-long nightly newscast that counts down the five most important news stories of the day from a liberal/left-wing perspective.

A well known collector of pre-war and early Topps & Bowman baseball cards, Olbermann has held various positions in The Hobby over the years -- most recently as an unpaid consultant for Topps. While still affiliated with Topps, he created some controversy when he purchased a professionally graded "Gem Mint" copy (BGS 9.5) of Alex Gordon's rare 2006 Topps card for $7500.<ref>http://www.beckett.com/estore/news/?eskin=subBB&a=7217&s=2</ref>

In the mid-70s, while still in high school, he edited the entire 630-card 1976 SSPC set. He also worked as a free-lance photographer for Donruss in the early 80s. He has been published in Beckett Baseball, SCD, and other Hobby publications and was the keynote speaker at the 1984 National Sports Collectors Convention.