Kevin Burkhardt and Greg Olsen will handle the Super Bowl LVII broadcast responsibilities on Sunday evening, capping off the duo’s first year together in the booth as Fox’s lead NFL broadcast pairing. Although the two will get the chance to add their voices to the most-watched television event of the year, their relationship with one another dates back well before their time on the air.
Back before Olsen blossomed into an All-Pro tight end and later a television analyst, he used to dismantle opposing defenses at Wayne Hills High School in New Jersey, where his father, Chris Olsen, served as head coach. While the Olsens were down on the field, Burkhardt was just starting out in sports broadcasting at WGHT-AM and actually covered some of Greg’s high school games.
“It’s absurd,” Burkhardt said of the early link between himself and Olsen, per Andrew Marchand of the New York Post.
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