Chris Rose Biography – Chris Rose Wiki
Chris Rose is an American sportscaster for the NFL Network. He also serves as a commentator for the Discovery Channel series BattleBots. On February 18, 2021, Rose announced he would be joining Jomboy Media with a podcast titled “The Chris Rose Rotation”. The show features various MLB players as co-hosts for the 2021 season. The first episode of “The Chris Rose Rotation” premiered on March 1, 2021. Rose is known as one of the hosts of The Best Damn Sports Show Period, on Fox Sports Net. Except for a brief period in 2004 and 2005, he hosted the show from its inception in 2001. He has also hosted the poker show Million Dollar Challenge.
In 2006, he did Game breaks for the NFL coverage while Joe Buck and Curt Menefee hosted the studio coverage from the game site. He was the studio host for Fox’s BCS coverage. In 2007, he became a #7 play-by-play announcer for Fox’s coverage of the NFL. A year later, he was demoted to #8 play-by-play but promoted again to #7 in 2009. Rose was again the #7 play-by-play announcer in 2010. On Sunday, November 8, 2009, Rose did Game breaks for the NFL on Fox while the Fox NFL Sunday crew did the pregame show from Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan. Trent Green and John Lynch were among the analysts who worked with Rose. In 2004, Rose was a fight announcer and narrator on the reality sports series The Next Great Champ. Additionally, Rose was a ringside commentator for Golden Boy Boxing in 2012 airing on Fuel television.
Rose took over Fox Saturday Baseball pre-game show in 2009. He also presented for the World Series pre-game show. He presented the World Series trophies from 2009 to 2011. He called select games as well as field reporting for MLB on FOX. He also hosted Big Shots: Titans at the Tee. During the 2010 Major League Baseball season he hosted the inaugural season of The Cheap Seats. David Cone took over the show following the 2010 season. On March 21, 2012, it was announced Matt Vasgersian would become the new pre-game host and Rose would no longer be working with the network.
On August 28, 2012, NFL Network announced they had added Rose to their team. He currently is a studio host for the channel. Rose is the host of NFL GameDay Highlights, NFL GameDay Final, as well as the postgame edition of NFL Total Access following the network’s Thursday Night Football coverage. Rose continued to host Intentional Talk for MLB Network, even though that network’s studios were in New Jersey while the NFL Network was in Los Angeles. In 2015, Rose was named as the play-by-play announcer for ABC’s revival of the robot combat series BattleBots, joined by UFC commentator Kenny Florian. He continued his role on the revival’s third season, which moved to Science Channel. In 2010, Rose co-hosted season 1 of the PokerStars Big Game with Joe Stapleton. Rose was replaced by Scott Huff in season 2, so Rose could focus on MLB broadcasting full-time.
Rose has been criticized for appearing to be too friendly with players he has interviewed during Fox’s baseball coverage. For example, during the 2009 World Series, Rose referred to Derek Jeter of the New York Yankees as “Jeets”. One year later during the World Series, Rose referred to both Brian Wilson and Tim Lincecum of the San Francisco Giants as “his friends.” Rose was hired by MLB Network in April 2010. A year later, he began co-hosting Intentional Talk with Kevin Millar. Intentional Talk has become one of the most popular shows on MLB Network. On December 11, 2020, he announced that MLB Network was not picking up his contract and his last Intentional Talk show would take place on December 23, 2020.
He studied at the University School in Hunting Valley, Ohio during high school and spent his childhood summers at North Star Camp. Rose attended Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, and graduated in 1993 with a degree in Bachelor of Arts in Communication. He served as station manager at the student-run radio station, WMSR. He is a lifelong fan of all 3 Cleveland sports franchises.
Chris Rose Age
He was born on January 27, 1971 in Shaker Heights, Ohio, United States.
Chris Rose Wife
He is married to his wife, Michele Marie Rose for over 23 years. They got married in September 1997 and have remained married since then.
Chris Rose Children
He has two sons; Josh Rose and Brady Rose.
Chris Rose Net Worth
Chris Rose has an estimated net worth of $3 million.
