Lance Zierlein
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Lance Zierlein is a sports talk show host on KMBE 790 AM in Houston, Texas. He formerly hosted sports talk shows on KILT
610 and KGOW
1560 AM in Houston, Texas.
. After college there is a six-year gap where no one is quite sure what he did. He started in the Houston radio market on KILT and after a falling out with management along with his co-host John Granato the two created a new station KGOW. In 2008 the morning drive time pair was voted "Best Talk Radio" by the Houston Press.
Lance is well known in both the Houston market and nationally for his fantasy football knowledge.
Lance is also an active blogger for the Houston Chronicle
and publishes a fantasy newsletter and runs an accompanying fantasy news site called The Sideline View
fan. They have four children - Drake, Alec, Mason, and Sebastian. A daughter is expected soon.
Namely:
Lance also performs impressions of sports personalities. Examples include:
KILT
KILT may refer to:* KILT-FM, a radio station licensed to Houston, Texas, United States* KILT , a radio station licensed to Houston, Texas, United States...
610 and KGOW
KGOW
KGOW , known as "1560 The Game," is a sports talk format radio station based in Houston, Texas, USA. It is currently owned by GOW Communications...
1560 AM in Houston, Texas.
Career
Lance Zierlein's career began at the age of twelve as the sports editor of the Rosenberg Middle School Town Crier. He graduated from Lamar Consolidated High School in 1988. Following high school he attended Tulane UniversityTulane University
Tulane University is a private, nonsectarian research university located in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States...
. After college there is a six-year gap where no one is quite sure what he did. He started in the Houston radio market on KILT and after a falling out with management along with his co-host John Granato the two created a new station KGOW. In 2008 the morning drive time pair was voted "Best Talk Radio" by the Houston Press.
Lance is well known in both the Houston market and nationally for his fantasy football knowledge.
Lance is also an active blogger for the Houston Chronicle
Houston Chronicle
The Houston Chronicle is the largest daily newspaper in Texas, USA, headquartered in the Houston Chronicle Building in Downtown Houston. , it is the ninth-largest newspaper by circulation in the United States...
and publishes a fantasy newsletter and runs an accompanying fantasy news site called The Sideline View
Personal life
Lance is married to Nicole Zierlein, a University of Texas graduate and avid LonghornsTexas Longhorns football
The Texas Longhorns football program is the intercollegiate football team representing The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas. The team currently competes in the NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision as a member of the Big 12 Conference which is a Division I Bowl Subdivision of the National...
fan. They have four children - Drake, Alec, Mason, and Sebastian. A daughter is expected soon.
Radio Personalities and Impressions
Lance is known for his multiple personalities that create the various characters present in the 1560 AM shows.Namely:
- SECSoutheastern ConferenceThe Southeastern Conference is an American college athletic conference that operates in the southeastern part of the United States. It is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama...
Guy, Dr. Karol Kenton Kogslotter - Communist News Network Spokesperson
- Tony "The Hatchet Man" Valentine
Lance also performs impressions of sports personalities. Examples include:
- "Uncle" Drayton McLaneDrayton McLane, Jr.Drayton McLane, Jr. is an American entrepreneur. He is chairman of the McLane Group, a high technology firm. He was, until 1990, the CEO of the McLane Company, a grocery and food service warehouse, supply, and logistics firm, and was, from 1993 until 2011, the chairman and CEO of the Major League...
- Mack BrownMack BrownWilliam Mack Brown is head coach of The University of Texas at Austin Longhorn football team.Prior to his head coach position at Texas, Brown was head coach at Appalachian State, Tulane, and North Carolina. Brown is credited with revitalizing the Texas and North Carolina football programs...
and his unwavering media message - John RockerJohn RockerJohn Loy Rocker is a retired American Major League Baseball relief pitcher who played for the Atlanta Braves, the Cleveland Indians, the Texas Rangers, and the Tampa Bay Devil Rays as well as the Long Island Ducks of the independent Atlantic League of Professional Baseball...
- Charles BarkleyCharles BarkleyCharles Wade Barkley is a former American professional basketball player. Nicknamed "Sir Charles" and "The Round Mound of Rebound", Barkley established himself as one of the National Basketball Association's most dominating power forwards...
- Lou HoltzLou HoltzLouis Leo "Lou" Holtz is a retired American football coach, and active sportscaster, author, and motivational speaker in the United States...
- Oscar De La HoyaOscar de la HoyaOscar De La Hoya is a retired American boxer of Mexican descent. Nicknamed "The Golden Boy", De La Hoya won a gold medal at the Barcelona Olympic Games shortly after graduating from Garfield High School. De La Hoya comes from a boxing family. His grandfather Vicente, father Joel Sr., and brother...
- José LimaJosé LimaJosé Desiderio Rodriguez Lima was a Dominican right-handed pitcher who spent thirteen seasons in Major League Baseball with the Detroit Tigers , Houston Astros , Kansas City Royals , Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Mets...