Wayne Larrivee, Play by play announcer for football & basketball
ALMA MATER: Emerson College in Boston, Mass.
HOMETOWN: Lee, Mass.
PREVIOUS PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: Play by play announcer Kansas City Chiefs, Chicago Bears, Green Bay Packers, Chicago Bulls television WGN, ESPN and ESPN Regional Big Ten football and basketball telecasts.
MY FIRST JOB IN SPORTS WAS …: working as a "gopher" for ABC sports on the golf tour.
THE BEST BIG TEN TRADITION IS …: "Jump Around" at Wisconsin.
MOST ADMIRED ATHLETE GROWING UP: Jim Bouton, New York Yankees pitcher.
GREATEST ALL-TIME BIG TEN SPORTS MEMORY AS A SPECTATOR: Michigan State's record comeback at Northwestern last year.
FAVORITE QUOTE: "Some people see things as they are and ask why; I dream things that never were and say, why not?"
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