KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kevin Harlan is a two-time National Sportscaster of the Year who has called NFL games for nearly four decades, and he traces the start of his football broadcasting career to a Mizzou spring game in 1985.
After graduating from the University of Kansas in 1982, Harlan was hired as the voice of the Kansas City Kings. But he also kept a job he’d held since his days at KU, producing a three-hour Chiefs radio pregame show for KCMO radio.
In 1985, the Kings announced their plans to relocate to Sacramento and Wayne Larrivee, the radio voice of the Chiefs, moved to Chicago to call Bears games. The Chiefs were considering Harlan for their job, but first they wanted to hear him work a football game.
