Kevin Burkhardt
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Kevin Burkhardt (born March 2, 1974) is an
Burkhardt was formerly a reporter with
Early life
Burkhardt was born on March 2, 1974.
In middle school, he did play-by-play for Nintendo games and idolized Gary Cohen (who was later his partner in the Mets' broadcast booth).[3] He graduated from Bloomfield High School in 1992.[4] Burkhardt graduated from William Paterson University in 1997 with a degree in broadcasting.
Career
Burkhardt began his career at the radio station WGHT[5] in Northern New Jersey, spending eight years working for the station, covering events including high school football.
Burkhardt also worked at
After working at WGHT, Burkhardt got a part-time job working at WFAN, doing freelance work and eventually becoming the station's full-time New York Jets reporter.[3][7][8]
During this time, he was a regular on Out of Bounds for
SportsNet New York
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Burkhardt joined the Mets broadcast team at the beginning of the 2007 season,
Compass Radio Network
Despite his role with the Mets, Burkhardt wanted to call football games and was offered the ability to do so through the Compass Radio Network.[2] There he called the 2009 Texas Bowl.[2] At Compass Radio Network, he called other college football games, as well.[2]
Burkhardt was also the play-by-play voice for Dallas Cowboys games on Compass Radio Networks from the inauguration of its America's Team Radio Network in 2011 until 2013, when he joined the NFL on Fox and was replaced by Kevin Ray.[9][2] His color commentator on the broadcasts was Danny White.[10]
Fox Sports
In 2013, Burkhardt began calling games for
After Joe Buck left Fox for ESPN in 2022, Burkhardt was promoted to the lead NFL on Fox broadcast team alongside Greg Olsen as color commentator (until Tom Brady joins Fox's lead broadcast team in 2024).[13] Burkhardt was the television play-by-play announcer for Super Bowl LVII.[14][15] With his call, he became the first play-by-play announcer other than Jim Nantz, Joe Buck or Al Michaels to call a Super Bowl since 2004.[2]
He was praised for his work in his first season as Fox's lead broadcaster and during his call of Super Bowl LVII.[16] Throughout the season, critics commended Burkhardt for striking a good level of excitement when necessary and for keeping games exciting.[16][2] In Super Bowl LVII, he was praised for providing important information such as stating that despite the touchdown call by Eagle's running back Kenneth Gainwell being overturned, Gainwell still managed to pickup the necessary yardage for a first and goal.[16]
Personal life
Burkhardt is married to Rachel, and they have a son.[17]
References
- ^ Shuster, Rachel (March 4, 2014). "The Next Generation". The Honolulu Star-Advertiser. p. 6B.
Kevin Burkhardt, 40: The former college catcher is a play-by-play announcer for select MLB games on TBS.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Tornoe, Rob (February 12, 2023). "Fox's Kevin Burkhardt grew up an Eagles fan. Now he's calling a Birds Super Bowl". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved February 13, 2023.
- ^ a b c Samuel, Ebenezer (May 15, 2010). "On the sidelines with SNY's Mets field reporter Kevin Burkhardt". Daily News. New York. Retrieved December 22, 2010.
- ^ Knight, Kevin (December 14, 2018). "Bloomfield Grad Kevin Burkhardt Makes All The Right Moves at FOX Sports". TAP into Bloomfield. Retrieved January 16, 2021.
Burkhardt, a 1992 graduate of Bloomfield High School, can be seen every Sunday afternoon calling football games for NFL on FOX Sports.
- ^ "OverKnight Success". Kevin Knight. Archived from the original on December 9, 2010. Retrieved December 22, 2010.
- ^ a b Deitsch, Richard (March 2, 2014). "Kevin Burkhardt lands MLB gig with Fox, Fox Sports 1, more". Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on March 6, 2014. Retrieved March 2, 2014.
- ^ a b c "Mets On-Air Talent". SNY. Archived from the original on July 24, 2010. Retrieved December 22, 2010.
- ^ a b "Mets Broadcasters". Major League Baseball. Archived from the original on June 29, 2011. Retrieved December 22, 2010.
- ^ "Compass Media Networks Announces Broadcast Talent For 2011 Football Season" (Press release). Compass Media Networks. July 20, 2011. Archived from the original on October 17, 2011.
- ^ Stapleton, Art (January 1, 2012). "Mets' Kevin Burkhardt also radio voice of Cowboys". The Record'. Bergen County, NJ.
- ^ Yoder, Matt (December 13, 2013). "Kevin Burkhardt and John Lynch will call NFL playoff game for Fox". Awful Announcing. Retrieved December 17, 2013.
- ^ "Iconic Voices Return for FOX Sports' Extensive College Basketball Coverage". TheFutonCritic.com (Press release). Fox Sports. November 13, 2014. Retrieved May 5, 2022.
- ^ Hernandez, Victoria (February 14, 2023). "Tom Brady's gap year gives Greg Olsen extra $7M for 2023 broadcast role, per reports". USA TODAY. Retrieved February 18, 2023.
- ^ Florio, Mike (May 10, 2022). "Report: 10 years, $375 million for Tom Brady". NBC Sports. Retrieved May 10, 2022.
- ^ Traina, Jimmy (May 20, 2022). "NFL Broadcasting Carousel Isn't Close to Slowing Down". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
- ^ a b c Deitsch, Richard (February 13, 2023). "In a great Super Bowl, Kevin Burkhardt, Greg Olsen and Fox rise to the moment". The Athletic. Retrieved February 13, 2023.
- ^ "Who is Kevin Burkhardt, the N.J. Native set to replace Joe Buck at FOX Sports as top NFL announcer?". March 29, 2022.
External links
- Kevin Burkhardt on Twitter