Lon McEachern (/mɪˈkɛrɪn/; born 1956 or 1957)[1] is an American sports commentator most known for his hand-by-hand commentary of the World Series of Poker on ESPN.
[5] His family later relocated to the San Francisco Bay Area and McEachern was raised in Corte Madera in Marin County until the age of 19.
[6] McEachern attended Santa Barbara City College and was a baseball teammate of future-MLB player Jesse Orosco.
[7] Out of college, McEachern worked radio at KTMS, the former home of another UCSB graduate in Jim Rome, before entering the television industry with KCOY-TV.
McEachern also covered play-by-play of the PBA Tour during the 2012–13 season alongside color analyst Randy Pedersen.