Christopher Rose (born January 27, 1971) is an American sportscaster for the

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. He is also a commentator for the

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series ''

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'' and podcast host for

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Early life and career

Rose, who was born and raised in

Shaker Heights, Ohio Shaker Heights is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. As of the 2020 Census, the city population was 29,439. Shaker Heights is an inner-ring streetcar suburb of Cleveland, abutting the eastern edge of the city's limits. In July 1911, a ...

, an eastside

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suburb, attended

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in Hunting Valley,

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during high school and spent his childhood summers at North Star Camp. Rose attended

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and graduated in 1993. He served as station manager at the student-run radio station, WMSR. He is a lifelong fan of all three of Cleveland's major sports franchises ( Guardians,

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, and Browns - for which he provides play by play during locally televised preseason games on

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5). Rose currently resides in California with his wife Michelle and has two sons: Brady and Josh.

Broadcasting career

''The Best Damn Sports Show Period''

Rose is known as one of the hosts of ''

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'', on

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. Except for a brief period in 2004 and 2005, Rose hosted the show from its inception in 2001. Rose has also hosted the poker show '' Million Dollar Challenge''.

Fox Sports

In 2007, Rose became a play-by-play announcer for Fox's coverage of the NFL. In

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, he did Gamebreaks for the NFL coverage while

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and

Curt Menefee Curt Menefee (born July 22, 1965) is an American sportscaster who is currently the play-by-play commentator for Seattle Seahawks preseason football, play-by-play commentator of the 2020 XFL on Fox, the 2022 return of the USFL on Fox and is the ...

hosted the studio coverage from the game site. He was the studio host for Fox's BCS coverage. In

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, he was the #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

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. Rose was again the #7 play-by-play announcer in

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. On Sunday, November 8,

, Rose did Gamebreaks for the ''NFL on Fox'' while the ''

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'' crew did the pregame show from

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in Afghanistan.

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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. In addition, Rose was a ringside commentator for Golden Boy Boxing in 2012 airing on

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. Rose took over the revamped ''Fox Saturday Baseball'' pre game show in

. Rose was also the host 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 ''

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''. 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''.

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would become the new pre-game host and Rose would no longer be working with the network. 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 The 2009 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2009 season. As the 105th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff contested between the Philadelphia Phillies, champions of the National Leag ...

, Rose referred to

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of the

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as "Jeets". One year later during the

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, Rose referred to both

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and

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of the

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as "his friends."

MLB Network

Rose was hired by

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in April 2010. A year later, he began co-hosting '' Intentional Talk'' with

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. ''Intentional Talk'' has become one of the most popular shows on MLB Network. On December 11, 2020 Rose announced that MLB Network was not picking up his contract and his last ''Intentional Talk'' show would take place on December 23, 2020.

NFL Network

On August 28, 2012,

announced they had added Rose to their team. He currently is a studio host for the channel. Rose is the host of ''

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'', ''

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'', as well as the postgame edition of '' NFL Total Access'' following the network's ''

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'' coverage. Rose continued to host ''Intentional Talk'' for MLB Network, even though that network's studios were in

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while the NFL Network's were in

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''BattleBots''

In 2015, Rose was named as the play-by-play announcer for ABC's revival of the

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series ''

'', joined by UFC commentator

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. Rose continued his role on the revival's third season, which moved to

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''PokerStars Big Game''

In 2010, Rose co-hosted season 1 of the

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with Joe Stapleton. Rose was replaced by Scott Huff in season 2, so Rose could focus on MLB broadcasting full-time.

Jomboy Media

On February 18, 2021, Rose announced he would be joining

with a podcast titled "The Chris Rose Rotation". This show will feature various MLB players as co-hosts for the 2021 season. The first episode of "The Chris Rose Rotation" premiered on March 1, 2021. Rose also hosts a daily baseball show with former MLB player

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entitled “Baseball Today”. In August 2022, Rose started hosting a national football podcast on Jomboy Media called “The Chris Rose Football Show” with Jets Tight End CJ Uzomah.

Filmography

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'' *'' Mr. 3000'' *''

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Garfield ''Garfield'' is an American comic strip created by Jim Davis. Originally published locally as ''Jon'' in 1976, then in nationwide syndication from 1978 as ''Garfield'', it chronicles the life of the title character Garfield the cat, his hum ...

'' (on September 15, 2017, Rose said his foot was in the "Garfield" movie)

References

External links

Chris Rose's Sound Offs
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