Larry Beil

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Larry Beil is an American sportscaster.

From 1996 to 1998, he was an anchor on SportsCenter, the flagship program of ESPN. Beil, who graduated from the University of Hawaii, introduced a new catch phrase after showing a home run: "Aloha means goodbye." He also appeared in a This is SportsCenter ad in which he was introduced by ring announcer Michael Buffer, as if he was about to compete in a boxing match.

Beil is currently a sports anchor at KGO-TV, the ABC O&O in San Francisco. He is also a sports columnist for Yahoo! and hosts a Yahoo! webcast called SportStream. Prior to his work at ESPN, he was sports anchor and reporter at KTVU Channel 2 in Oakland, and KGMB Channel 9 in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Beil is an avid chess player and in the past played on www.pogo.com under the handle LarryBeil.

[edit] Favorite quotes

• "Aloha means goodbye!" when a home-run is hit in baseball.
• "Yes, just keep him away from the lampshades and he'll be fine." (punchline following Rich Eisen's debut in February 1996)