GREEN BAY – In three weeks, Kevin Harlan will become the only person to call 14 consecutive Super Bowls, one of a number of accomplishments in his busy life. Another was his third National Sportscaster of the Year award.
“The biggest thing about this award is that it is voted upon by your peers. To have that kind of incredible and wonderful recognition is so humbling and incredibly flattering and I can’t put into words what it means,” said Harlan, who does football and basketball on television for CBS and Turner Sports, and radio for Westwood One, his home for the Super Bowl.
The awards were announced Jan. 9. Among previous winners are the who’s who of sports announcers, among them Vin Scully, Al Michaels, Joe Buck, Bob Costas and Jim Nantz.
Harlan, as local football fans know, is the play-by-play man for Green Bay preseason football games on television and the son of Packers’ chairman emeritus Bob Harlan. His familiar voice can be heard narrating the Packers’ 10-part “Legacy: 100 Seasons of the Green Bay Packers” documentary.