Kenny Mayne
| Kenny Mayne | |
|---|---|
| Born |
September 1, 1959 Kent, Washington, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Sports journalist |
| Known for | Work with ESPN, Dancing with the Stars, others |
| Website | Kenny Mayne bio |
Kenneth Wheelock "Kenny" Mayne (born September 1, 1959) is a sports journalist and comedian for ESPN. He currently appears as host of Kenny Mayne's Wider World of Sports on ESPN.com, and he appeared as a weekly contributor to "Sunday NFL Countdown" with his weekly "Mayne Event" segment.
A native of Federal Way, Washington, Mayne was an honorable mention junior college All-American quarterback in 1978 at Wenatchee Valley College in Wenatchee, Washington. He graduated from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in 1982 with a degree in broadcasting. He was the backup quarterback and was ahead of future NFL star Randall Cunningham on the depth chart.
While at UNLV, Mayne played football for two years and he later signed as a free agent with the Seattle Seahawks. He has been the manager for the American League team in the Legends and Celebrity All Star Softball Game since its inception in 2001, but in 2010 he elected not to appear in the game.
After beginning his television career with a brief stint as a reporter for KLVX-TV in Las Vegas, Nevada, Mayne spent seven years (1982–89) at KSTW-TV in Seattle, Washington. Eventually he became a weekend sports anchor and weekday news reporter. Mayne resigned from KSTW in 1989.
ESPN hired Mayne in 1994 after Mayne had sent ESPN a note inquiring whether the network would hire him. The note simply asked to check a box, including one option that read, "We'll hire you when there's an ESPN5."
Mayne started at ESPN in 1994 as a SportSmash anchor on ESPN2, then became the anchor of the weekend edition of RPM 2Night from its start on Labor Day weekend 1995 until August of 1997. On his final edition of RPM 2Night, Kenny played a phone call he received from David Letterman, then a co-owner of Rahal Racing, that he could not quit doing RPM 2Night. After that, Mayne moved over to the main network. He served, for a time, as co-anchor of the 11PM SportsCenter with Dan Patrick after Keith Olbermann left ESPN. He left SportsCenter two years later, moving to an assortment of late night ESPN shows which were usually re-aired throughout the next morning. Included in his repertoire was the game show 2 Minute Drill. Mayne is now most often seen as the host for ABC and ESPN's horse racing events. He provided offbeat feature stories on Sunday NFL Countdown in a weekly segment called The Mayne Event.
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