Kevin Harlan
(Announcer)
In 1998, he signed a four-year agreement to call NBA
regular-season and playoff games.
Joined Turner Sports for the 1996 NBA Playoffs and also
called 1997 playoff games for TNT and TBS Superstation.
Has served as play-by-play announcer for a variety of sporting events,
including: TNT's coverage of the 1999 Tournament of the Americas Olympic
Qualifying Tournament, TBS' 1998 Goodwill Games basketball coverage, the 50th
annual Delchamps Senior Bowl, and TBS' Micron PC Bowl.
Career
At the age of 22, he became the radio and television voice for the former NBA
franchise Kansas City Kings.
Was the voice of the NFL's Kansas City Chiefs for nine
seasons and also called college football for ESPN. Prior to that, he called
football and basketball at both the University of Kansas and the University of
Missouri.
Through the 1997-98 NBA regular season, Harlan worked as the
voice of the Minnesota Timberwolves on KFAN-AM Radio and on KARE-TV, the
Timberwolves' television network.
Has called games for CBS, Fox, NBC and ESPN.
Has covered the NBA Conference Finals for the NBA radio network.
Personal
Is the son of Green Bay Packers President Bob Harlan. His brother, Bryan, is
the public relations director for the NFL Chicago Bears.
Harlan was born in Milwaukee and is a 1982 graduate of the University of
Kansas.
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