Kevin Burkhardt, FOX Sports Lead NFL Play-By-Play Announcer, MLB Studio Host, to Receive 2027 Pat Summerall Award During Super Bowl LXI Week

MEMPHIS, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kevin Burkhardt, FOX Sports’ lead NFL play-by-play announcer and MLB Studio Host, will become the 21^st recipient of the coveted Pat Summerall Award, presented annually at the Legends for Charity^® Dinner benefiting St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital^®.

The exclusive red carpet event will be held Feb. 11, 2027, at the NFL Headquarters Hotel, the JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. Live, during Super Bowl LXI week.

Legends for Charity hosts hundreds of supporters, broadcasters and sports industry leaders for an evening celebrating sports broadcasting excellence. The award was created to honor a national broadcaster or prominent sports personality who exemplifies the characteristics that legendary broadcaster Pat Summerall wanted the award to represent – an individual who has had an outstanding career and made a significant impact in their community.

Events like Legends for Charity help ensure families never receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing, or food, so they can focus on helping their child live.

Since its inception 20 years ago, Legends for Charity has raised nearly $16 million for St. Jude. Past honorees are James Brown, Greg Gumbel, Jim Nantz, Chris Berman, Cris Collinsworth, The NFL ON FOX, Al Michaels, Archie Manning, Michael Strahan, Joe Buck, John Madden, Rich Eisen, Tony Dungy, Bill Cowher, Jim Kelly, Erin Andrews, Howie Long, Tony Romo, Hannah Storm and Kirk Herbstreit.

For more information, visit legendsforcharity.com.

About St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is leading the way the world understands, treats and defeats childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases. Its purpose is clear: Finding cures. Saving children.® It is the only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center devoted solely to children. When St. Jude opened in 1962, childhood cancer was considered largely incurable. Since then, St. Jude has helped push the overall survival rate in the U.S. from 20% to more than 80%, and it won't stop until no child dies from cancer. St. Jude shares the breakthroughs it makes to help doctors and researchers at local hospitals and cancer centers around the world improve the quality of treatment and care for even more children. Because of generous donors, families never receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing or food, so they can focus on helping their child live. Visit St. Jude Inspire to discover powerful St. Jude stories of hope, strength, love and kindness. Support the St. Jude mission by donating at stjude.org, liking St. Jude on Facebook, following St. Jude on X, Instagram, LinkedIn and TikTok, and subscribing to its YouTube channel.

About Legends for Charity

Legends for Charity^® is an annual national event held during Super Bowl Weekend to present The Pat Summerall Award to a deserving broadcaster. Created by Cheryl DeLeonardis of Ocean 2 Ocean Productions, it is annually held at the prestigious NFL headquarters hotel and celebrates national sports legends, having raised nearly $16 million for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Since its inception in 2005, it has become a cornerstone event during the biggest weekend in professional sports, earning eight national Telly Awards and opening the world of sports broadcasters to the lifesaving mission of St. Jude.