ESPN's Chris Fowler: 'I’m in this business ... because of the Blackhawks and the Cubs'

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Chris Fowler is heading into one of his most hectic times of his year, leading ESPN’s U.S. Open tennis coverage and beginning a new season of ABC’s “Saturday Night Football” college telecasts. For this, he has Blackhawks announcer Lloyd Pettit to thank. And Jack Brickhouse, Vince Lloyd and Lou Boudreau. And Stan Mikita, Bobby Hull and Tony Esposito. And Ernie Banks, Billy Williams and Ron Santo. And Fowler’s grandmother. “The reason I’m in this business is because of the Blackhawks and the Cubs on the radio,” Fowler, who spent his earliest years in Rockford, said this week. “Lloyd Pettit doing Blackhawks games in the late ‘60s and early ‘70s when they were battling for the Cup and not quite getting

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