1. Chris Myers has covered the Super Bowl, the World Series, the NBA Finals, the NCAA Final Four, The Masters, the US Open, the Triple Crown, the Olympics and the Daytona 500.
25 Facts About Chris Myers
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Chris Myers broke into broadcasting as a 16-year-old high school student when he hosted his own show on Miami's WKAT radio.
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Chris Myers graduated from Chaminade High School, followed by Miami Dade Community College and Florida International University.
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Chris Myers spent ten years at ESPN, hosting SportsCenter, Baseball Tonight, and other shows.
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Chris Myers received an Emmy for the interview program Up Close, on which he was the first to conduct live interviews with O J Simpson after both his murder trial and wrongful death civil lawsuit.
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Chris Myers reported during the 1989 San Francisco earthquake at the World Series.
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Chris Myers was the only on-scene reporter who stayed on the air through the night broadcasting from Atlanta during the Centennial Olympic Park bombing.
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In December 1998, Chris Myers joined Fox Sports and Fox Sports Net, where he was one of the anchors of Fox Sports News and the weekly sports magazine program Goin' Deep.
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In 2000, Chris Myers joined Fox Sports Radio where he currently hosts his own interview show, CMI, which is heard on over 200 affiliates.
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Chris Myers conducted the last public interview with the late John Wooden in April 2010 on CMI.
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Chris Myers has been the studio host for Fox NASCAR coverage since the network began coverage in 2001, up until 2018 when Fox Sports went to a studio format in their Charlotte studios.
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Chris Myers has been a reporter on multiple Super Bowls and World Series for the Fox television network.
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Chris Myers has been working NFL play-by play for Fox since 2005.
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Chris Myers has a full NFL play-by-play schedule with Mark Schlereth and sideline reporter Jen Hale.
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Chris Myers visited American armed forces in Qatar on behalf of Fox Sports and gave a live broadcast with the armed forces on the pre-game show before the New Orleans Saints played the Dallas Cowboys on Thanksgiving Day 2010.
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On July 14,2012, Chris Myers called his first MLB on Fox game with Eric Karros when the New York Mets played against the Atlanta Braves at Turner Field.
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Chris Myers called MLB games for Fox in 2012 and 2013, before moving back to the studio for the 2014 season.
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In 2014, Chris Myers began hosting MLB Whiparound, a nightly show aired weeknights on Fox Sports 1 featuring quick turnaround-highlights, news, and analysis live from Los Angeles.
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Chris Myers took a bereavement leave and returned to the broadcast two weeks later.
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In 2021, Chris Myers returned to hosting pre-race coverage at the track for the entire portion of Fox's broadcast season, this time being joined by Jeff Gordon and Clint Bowyer.
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In 2017, Chris Myers was named host for FS1's evening coverage of both nights of the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, initially with WKC Director of Communications Gail Miller Bisher, dog show judge Jason Hoke was added in 2018.
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In 2019, Chris Myers began doing play-by-play and hosting for Fox's Premier Boxing Champions broadcasts.
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Chris Myers serves as the play-by-play commentator for Tampa Bay Buccaneers preseason games that air locally on WTSP-TV, after having the same role for WFLA-TV from 2003 to 2010.
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In 2021 Chris Myers was named as a fill-in announcer for Chicago Cubs telecasts on Marquee Sports.
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Chris Myers announced via a press release on his Instagram account that he joined the ownership group of startup sports journalism brand, FILM Media Networks.