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Kevin Harlan | |
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| Born | Kevin Robert Harlan June 21, 1960 |
| Education | University of Kansas[2] |
| Years active | 1982–present |
| Spouse | Ann Harlan |
| Children | 4, including Olivia |
| Parent | Bob Harlan (father) |
| Sports commentary career | |
| Genre | Play-by-play |
| Sports | |
Kevin Robert Harlan (born June 21, 1960) is an American television and radio sports announcer. The son of former Green Bay Packers President and CEO Bob Harlan,[3] he broadcasts NFL and college basketball games on CBS and the NBA on TNT.[4] 2024 will be his 40th consecutive season doing NFL play-by-play, and 2024–25 is his 38th year doing NBA play-by-play.
He is also the lead NFL radio voice nationally for Westwood One and Monday Night Football since 2009. On that platform, he has broadcast 14 consecutive Super Bowls, the most in radio or television history. Overall, he is third all time in the total number of network television sports broadcasts doing play-by-play for one of the four major sports. Harlan has also broadcast more than 500 NFL games on network TV, top 10 all time joining names like Al Michaels and Pat Summerall for play-by-play.
Until 2008, Harlan was the voice of Westwood One Radio's Final Four coverage of the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. In 2009, he began serving as Westwood One's lead announcer for Monday Night Football, calling his first Super Bowl in Super Bowl XLV. Super Bowl 58 was his 14th consecutive Super Bowl for Westwood One (Super Bowls XLV–LVIII), the most consecutively in radio and television network history. Harlan also broadcast the CBS HD feed of Super Bowl XXXV in 2001. He also calls the preseason games of his hometown Packers for the team's statewide television network since 2003. He is one of three broadcasters to have more than 3,000 career national TV network broadcasts of the four major professional sports, along with Dick Stockton and Marv Albert.
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