In November 2021, Broadcasting & Cable honored Bruce as the top local sports anchor in America.
Beck has hosted and contributed to a number of WNBC-TV specials including the live broadcast of the New York City Marathon, The Belmont Stakes, The U.S. Open Golf Championship and "Deja Blue", which preceded Super Bowl XLVI.
Beck has been a studio anchor for NBA-TV and is the host of the weekly Rutgers University basketball and football shows which air on MSG Network.
In November 2021, Broadcasting & Cable honored Beck as the top local sports anchor in America.
In 2011, Beck won a New York Sports Emmy for his interview with former Rutgers football player Eric Legrand.
In 2017, Ithaca College honored Beck with the Jessica Savitch Award of Distinction for Excellence in Journalism.
[3] Beck was chosen by St. John's University to deliver the 2009 Commencement speech to its Staten Island Campus on May 16.
Each Thanksgiving, Beck and his family serve those in need at the St. John's Bread and Life Program, the largest soup kitchen in Brooklyn.
Beck, along with the top sportscasters and personalities in New York, teaches the fundamentals of the industry to the next generation of sports broadcasters.
[10] Every summer from 2002 to 2016, Beck, along with CBS Sports announcer Ian Eagle ran a similar camp at the Yogi Berra Museum and Learning Center in Montclair, New Jersey.
These include Bronx Bombers (Yankees), Amazins' (Mets), Gang Green (Jets), Big Blue (Giants), and Blueshirts (Rangers).