Sportscaster Shannon Spake, who grew up in South Florida, had a knack for making her presence felt at football games long before her new gig as a Fox NFL sideline reporter.
Spake’s father, Don Speacht, recalls taking Shannon to the 1987 University of Miami-Notre Dame game at the Orange Bowl where she and his friend’s son took delight in celebrating the Hurricanes’ dominant victory with frequent blasts on stadium horns. A woman seated in front of them eventually complained.
“Shannon turned to me and said, ‘Dad, if she wanted it quiet, why didn’t she go to the library?