Word: garoon
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WHRB Director of Sports Joshua P. Garoon '98 said he could not comment on the issue...
Growing up in Dallas, Garoon says he was privileged to watch what he calls "one of the best sports tandems in the business"--television commentators Dale Hansen and Brad Shams. He says most of his fellow Harvard sportscasters have similarly fond memories of their local sportscasters. "A lot of people come from the big cities--New York, Chicago, and the like--where they have really talented sports teams...
...addition, most members of the WHRB sports team have some background in or knowledge of athletics, whether they currently play a sport or just grew up watching the games. Garoon says much of his passion for sports is derived from his father's enthusiasm. "Now that I'm sportscasting, I think my father lives vicariously through me," Garoon says...
Much like Garoon, Rishi Gupta '99 says he discovered WHRB sports by chance. "I'd never done anything like this before I got to college," he says. "But I've always been a huge sports fan. I figured I'd write sports for the school paper, but I never thought I'd be doing this." Gupta has worked with WHRB for two-and-a-half years, and will be co-director of sports next year when Garoon retires...
...Garoon is happy just to be broadcasting his sports opinions over the airwaves, but his sportscasting fantasy will become even sweeter this spring when WHRB plans to cover the Baseball Bean Pot. Then he will finally get to commentate on the sport that made him fall in love with radio. "The culmination for me will be the Bean Pot," Garoon says. "It's going to be really exciting...