19 Facts About Jim Rome

James Phillip Rome was born on October 14,1964 and is an American sports radio host.

Jim Rome's talk show, The Jim Rome Show, is syndicated by CBS Sports Radio.

In 2011, Jim Rome ended his relationship with ESPN to join the CBS network where he hosts his own show, as well as an interview-format show on the Showtime channel.

Jim Rome's past hosting jobs included sports discussion television shows Talk2, The FX Sports Show, and The Last Word.

From April 2012 to March 2015, Jim Rome had a television sports talk show on CBS Sports Network named Jim Rome.

Jim Rome started his radio career at college radio station KCSB-FM while at UCSB, where he was sports director for one quarter, and at news station KTMS, located in Santa Barbara, where he began as a traffic reporter and became a sports talk host in summer 1987.

In 1998, Jim Rome released an album entitled Welcome to the Jungle, which featured memorable sound bites and music from the show.

In early 2003, Jim Rome was interviewing friend Mark Shapiro, executive producer of programming and production at ESPN, on his radio program.

Jim Rome had often referred to Everett on radio as "Chris", suggesting that Everett was less than a man whenever he shied away from getting hit.

Everett appeared as a guest on the television show, where he warned Jim Rome about repeating the insult.

Jim Rome continued to address Everett as "Chris" and Everett overturned the table between them and shoved Jim Rome to the floor while still on the air.

Jim Rome considers that event one of his early career mistakes.

In 2012, Jim Rome was involved in a controversy with NBA Commissioner David Stern.

Jim Rome made cameo appearances in the movies Space Jam, Two for the Money, and the 2005 remake of The Longest Yard.

On May 3,2004, Jim Rome hosted the memorial service for Pat Tillman.

On January 28,2006, Jim Rome was elected to the Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.

Jim Rome thereafter took up a stronger interest in buying Thoroughbreds.

Jim Rome first became a part owner in Wing Forward, who, in his North American debut, made a dramatic last-to-first comeback to win the race.

Jim Rome co-owned the mare with Bill Strauss, Danny Gohs, Borris Beljak, and Kevin Nish.