Daily News | Fox’s Kevin Burkhardt grew up an Eagles fan. Now he’s calling a Birds Super Bowl
PHOENIX — Sunday night, over 100 million television viewers will be introduced to Kevin Burkhardt, the affable Fox Sports announcer who will be calling Super Bowl LVII between the Eagles and Kansas City Chiefs.
Burkhardt, 49, was born and raised in Bloomfield, N.J., and grew up watching football with his parents, both of whom were die-hard Giants fans. So what caused him to buck the family trend and root for the hated Eagles?“There were these things called NFL Huddles, little stuffed animal mascots, that were in the catalog. I loved the Eagles one,” Burkhardt told The Inquirer. “There was no DirecTV back then, so when the Eagles played the Giants, I would watch.
But several years went by, and, unable to get a better broadcasting gig, Burkhardt was forced to take a job as a car salesperson at Pine Belt Chevy in Lakewood, N.J., to help make ends meet. But Burkhardt wanted to do football, and eventually landed a radio gig calling the 2009 Texas Bowl on New Year’s Eve between Missouri and Navy for Compass Media Networks. That led to more college football assignments and eventually a job calling Dallas Cowboys games on the radio for two seasons from 2011 to 2012.
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