Name: Eric Kallander
Year: Senior
Major: Broadcast Journalism
Hometown: Chester, NH
On Campus Activities: Sports report, sports broadcasting
Zodiac Sign: Virgo
Instagram: @eakallander
Twitter: @ekallander
Who would play you in a movie about your life?
Jeremy Allen White from Shameless (never seen it)
DMB is taking a hiatus in 2017; will you cry?
Not yet, could open up an opportunity for an acoustic Dave & Tim tour.
What are three things you’d take with you on a desert island?
Guitar, a pillow and Netflix
What qualities do you look for in a love interest?
Gotta be into similar music and a good sense of humor
What are your biggest turn offs?
Smoking cigarettes and being too serious all the time
What is your most embarrassing moment?
Walking into the same wrong class twice
What is your dream job?
Rock star millionaire or involved in some aspect of sports TV in the technical or production side
Favorite TV show?
Currently, Fargo
What is the most embarrassing song on your itunes?
Chocolate Daddy from Get Him to the Greek
Who is your celebrity crush?
Selena
What are your favorite/least favorite fashion trends for the opposite sex?
Fav: anything sports related
Least: drawn-on eyebrows
What is something a lot of people don’t know about you?
I get to work at all my favorite teams’ games – Sox pats B’s and C’s
What company(ies) do you work for in sports broadcasting?
I work football on CBS and Fox mostly, but I’ve also done Sox, Bruins and Celtics games and a couple of golf tournaments each summer.
What is your role?
I work as a utility so I have to do a lot of the physical labor like laying out cables around the stadium, helping build cameras and moving a ton of cases around. And during the game, I’m with the handheld cameras on the field holding the part of the 250 foot cable.
How many superbowls have you been to?
This is the third Super Bowl I’ve been to, and the second that I’ve worked at. I went to Super Bowl XLIV in Tampa with my dad and I worked Super Bowl XLVII in New Orleans as well.
What has been your favorite sports event that you’ve worked?
My favorite event that I’ve worked at has to be the 2013 World Series when the Sox won it. Super Bowls are really cool and have more cameras, cables, equipment, etc. than any other event, but getting to watch the Sox win the World Series at Fenway and being on the field after was awesome.
What was your Super Bowl 50 experience like?
It was a lot of fun and a lot of work. More equipment and cables than any event that I’ve worked, even previous Super Bowls, but I was with a great group of guys who are all some of the best at their position so it was a great experience working with them. Only thing that sucked was watching the Broncos win.
Anything else you’d like to add?
Nothing other than I look forward to finishing up at Suffolk and continuing to work my way into the sports tv world.