- Larry Beil
Larry Beil is an American
sportscaster .From
1996 to1998 , he was an anchor on "SportsCenter ", the flagship program of ESPN. Beil, who graduated from theUniversity of Hawaii , introduced a new catch phrase after showing a home run: "Aloha means goodbye." He also appeared in aThis is SportsCenter ad in which he was introduced by ring announcerMichael Buffer , as if he were about to compete in aboxing match.Beil is currently a sports anchor at
KGO-TV , the ABCO&O inSan Francisco . He is also a sports columnist forYahoo! and hosts a Yahoo! webcast called "SportStream". Prior to his work at ESPN, he was sports anchor and reporter atKTVU Channel 2 in Oakland, andKGMB Channel 9 inHonolulu, Hawaii .Beil is an avid chess player and in the past played on www.pogo.com under the handle LarryBeil.
Favorite quotes
* "
Aloha means goodbye!" when a home-run is hit inbaseball .
* "Yes, just keep him away from the lampshades and he'll be fine." (punchline followingRich Eisen 's debut in February 1996)
* "He'll take nothing and like it." when a baseball batter strikes out.
* "With authority!" when abasketball player dunks the ball, usually over an opposing player.=Madden Champion=Beil uses the Falcons in Madden 07 and is known as the top madden 07 player in the world.
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