Kevin Harlan is a two time National Sportscaster of the Year.
19 Facts About Kevin Harlan
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Until 2008, Kevin Harlan was the voice of Westwood One Radio's Final Four coverage.
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Kevin Harlan has broadcast 13 consecutive Super Bowls for Westwood One, Super Bowls XLV-LVII.
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Kevin Harlan calls the preseason games of his hometown Packers for the team's statewide television network since 2003.
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In total, Kevin Harlan has broadcast 13 Super Bowls and five Final Fours.
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Kevin Harlan began broadcasting as a teenager for his alma mater Our Lady of Premontre High School's high school radio station, WGBP-FM, calling play-by-play for the school's boys' basketball, football and ice hockey teams.
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Kevin Harlan was recently inducted into the school's Hall of Fame.
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Kevin Harlan was a ball boy with the Green Bay Packers in his teens during the time that his father, Bob Harlan, was a Packers executive in the front office.
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Kevin Harlan was introduced to the Jayhawks' primary basketball play-by-play announcer at the time, Tom Hedrick, who noted Kevin Harlan's zeal for sports broadcasting and immediately considered him a protege in the making.
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In 1982, right out of college, at age 22, Kevin Harlan became the TV and radio voice of the NBA's Kansas City Kings.
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Kevin Harlan began working for CBS in 1998 after four years at FOX.
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Kevin Harlan has lent his voice on the NBA 2K video game series since 2005.
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In 2017, Kevin Harlan was voted by his peers as National Sportscaster of the Year by the NSMA.
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Kevin Harlan again was voted National Sportscaster of the Year by the NSMA in 2019.
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Kevin Harlan was named 2019 National Sportscaster of the Year by The Athletic.
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In September 2019 Kevin Harlan was inducted into the Notre Dame Academy High School Hall of Fame.
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Kevin Harlan has a history of injecting humor into situations during games whenever he can, in addition to being able to dramatize even mundane moments not related to the game itself.
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Kevin Harlan then proceeded to give a play-by-play of security chasing the man.
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Kevin Harlan has been married to his wife Ann for 35 years, and together they have four children and four grandchildren.