David
Kaplan
David Kaplan has been with
WGN Radio since April of 1995, as a sports reporter, and
now, along with former Chicago Bear Tom Waddle, as the host
of Sports Central, heard weeknights from 7:00-9:00p.m. During
that time, he has earned six Achievement In Radio (A.I.R.)
Awards, including three for best sports talk show and two
for best sportscast. He was named "Newsfinder of the
Year" by the Associated Press for breaking several
major stories.
During the basketball season,
he is a play-by-play and color commentator on Fox Sports
covering college basketball. He also does work for Fox Sports
Chicago throughout the year.
Before coming to WGN Radio,
David was midday host on WMVP-AM in Chicago after it adopted
an all-sports format in November of 1993. He has completed
television work on ESPN 2, SportsChannel, Creative Sports,
and Prime Network. He is a former college basketball coach
at Northern Illinois University and was a regional scout
for both the Indiana Pacers and the Seattle Supersonics
of the NBA.
In 1988, Kaplan was the Player
Personnel Director for the Chicago Express of the World
Basketball League (WBL). His duties included drafting and
signing all players as well as trades and contracts.
Kaplan
appeared as a guest on The Oprah Winfrey Show,
and appears in the movie Hoop Dreams, which is
a story of the dream of two Chicago area prep stars to reach
the NBA.
Raised in Skokie, Illinois,
David attended Hamline University in St. Paul, Minnesota
where he received a Bachelor of Arts in English and played
both football and baseball.
David
and his wife Mindy reside in the northern suburbs, and he
is the father of a 10-year old son, Brett, and stepfather
to 14-year old Nicholas, 13-year old Alex and 11-year old
Garret.
Glen
Kozlowski
Former
Chicago Bear, Glen Kozlowski brings his humorous acumen
to WGN Radio 720 every Sunday on Sports Central. He is joined
by fellow teammates, Dan Hampton and Tom Waddle, each week
for Bears pre and post-game coverage.
Glen's
interest in broadcasting stems from his studies at Brigham
Young University where he majored in speech communications.
At BYU, Glen excelled on the football field as well, and
in 1984 was named an All-American wide receiver. He was
drafted by the Chicago Bears in 1986, played wide receiver
and was captain of the special teams from 1989-1992. He
also proved himself to be a pretty good tackler, leading
the special teams in tackles during this tenure.
Since
retiring from football in 1994, Glen keeps busy with plenty
of charity work and motivational speaking. He has been president
of "Great Expectations," a say-no-to-drugs program,
since 1988. He's involved with fundraising for Children's
Memorial Hospital's "Children's Miracle Network,"
along with the Special Olympics and "Heart Connection,"
an organization designed to help families and children deal
with cancer. In his spare time, Glen maintains ownership
of RFKC United, an insurance and financial company.
Glen
is married to Julie and has four boys; Brent, Tyler, Kyle
and Kelin.
Jim
Memolo
Jim
Memolo previously hosted morning drive on Sporting News
Radio. He also was morning drive co-host for five years
on WSCR. Most notably, Jim also once served as producer
for Howard Cosell's shows on ABC Radio
In
his spare time, Jim enjoys coaching his kids' various sports,
which means, of course, that he has no spare time!
