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Larry
Rawson
- ESPN Track & Field Analyst
- Summer Olympics Track & Field Analyst d
- NYC & Boston Marathon Analyst
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One of television's foremost track & field and marathon
analysts for 25 years, Emmy Award-winning broadcaster Larry
Rawson has offered his keen insight on the majority of ESPN
and ESPN2's coverage of the sports since 1980 -- the U.S.
Olympic Festivals, the U.S. Olympic Track & Field Trials,
the NCAA Track and Field Championships, Boston and New York
City Marathons, and many major international events. He
also served as an ESPN SportsCenter and NBC Radio reporter
at the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics.
Rawson broke into broadcasting in an unusual manner. At
the 1974 Boston Marathon, he corrected the announcer after
he had made several factual errors on local radio, and as
a result, was offered a chance to be part of the coverage
over the air. Since that time, Rawson has been become the
"Voice of the Boston Marathon," covering every year of the
prestigious event on radio or TV, including the last several
years on ESPN. Rawson has also been doing a local broadcast
of the NYC Marathon for NBC Channel 4, New York.
His other broadcasting credits include color commentary
for NBC radio and reports for ESPN from the 1992 Summer
Olympics, reports from the 1983 World Track and Field Championships
and the 1984 Summer Olympics for ABC Radio; and the 1984
New York City Marathon for CBS Radio. He also reported on
the 1988 Olympics for NBC television and radio, and calls
the Los Angeles Marathon for local television.
Rawson was a part of the 1991 Emmy Award-winning team for
ESPN's "Outside the Lines: Steroids -- Whatever it Takes"
program, which won in the Sports Journalism category. In
addition, Rawson was a member of the broadcast team for
the 1988 Millrose Games which won a New York Broadcasters
Association Emmy award as Outstanding Live Sports Programming.
The latter award, presented by the National Academy of Arts
and Sciences, recognized outstanding sports production done
at a sporting event held within 100 miles of New York.
Rawson is a 1963 Boston College graduate with Bachelor of
Science degrees in business and English. A former New England
college record holder in the mile, he is a member of the
school's Athletic Hall of Fame.
Rawson owns an investment company, Greenwich Investment
Bankers, based in Greenwich, Conn.
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