Richard Keys (born 23 April 1957 in Coventry) is an English radio presenter best known for his time with British sports channel Sky Sports from 1991 until 2011. In February 2011, Keys along with fellow Sky presenter, Andy Gray signed with talkSPORT. He is a Coventry City supporter.
In the mid to late 1980s, he co-presented TV-am, a breakfast show on the ITV network, with Anne Diamond. He also commentated on football matches for ITV and cycling for Channel 4. Keys was one of the presenters for The Sports Channel on British Satellite Broadcasting (BSB) in Spring 1990. When BSB merged with Sky in 1991, the channel was renamed Sky Sports. Keys presented TV-am for the final time on 28 December 1990 before he left for Sky Sports full time. In January 2011, Keys and his colleague Andy Gray were suspended for off-air sexist remarks they made about a female assistant referee; he resigned on 26 January, subsequent to Gray's dismissal.
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