Mark Willard
Mark Willard is the co-host with Tony Bruno of a nationally syndicated sports radio talk show heard on the Sporting News Radio network.
Willard has also launched a television career as a sportscaster at GoTV, a mobile phone "entertainment" provider.
Willard was formerly teamed up with Roger Lodge on a local radio show in Los Angeles. At the same time, he served as the pre and post game show host for USC football.
Following radio ventures in San Francisco and San Diego, Willard entered the LA radio network in 2001 as a reporter. After his coverage of the 2002 NBA Finals and the 2002 World Series, he quickly moved into the daily lineup on The Ticket. In addition to his talk show work, Willard worked as a play-by-play announcer. He spent two years as a fan calling Minor League baseball games for the Angels' affiliate in Boise, Idaho. He also spent one year as a broadcaster at his alma mater Cal Poly, which included work with the football, basketball and baseball teams.
A Bay Area native, Mark has lived in California for his entire life. He has been in Southern California since 2001. He has a broadcast journalism degree from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo.
He and his wife Jill recently gave birth to their first child, Abel in January of 2007.
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Mark enjoys undermining the confidence of children by calling them the "Dan Marino" of spelling bee's.