As a youngster growing up in the shadow of ESPN’s sprawling Bristol, Connecticut., studios, Paul Severino received frequent visual reminders about what he wanted to do with life.
“ESPN was on the other side of town, 10 minutes away, but we drove by it often enough to know it was something I wanted to do,” the Marlins’ new TV play-by-play man said. “We toured ESPN and I ran into [now-deceased] Stuart Scott when I was 10 years old. It fueled the passion being able to do that someday.
“ESPN was my first paid job after college … but [being a sports anchor] was never the ultimate career goal.