Chris Carrino is an American sports

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announcer who works for Compass Media Networks,

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, and

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. He is one of Compass' main voices of

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radio contests and is the radio voice of the

Brooklyn Nets The Brooklyn Nets are an American professional basketball team based in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The Nets compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference. The ...

of the

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Broadcasting career

He currently serves at the lead radio play-by-play announcer for the

of the

, a position he has held for nearly a decade, as one of Compass Media Networks' NFL play-by-play broadcasters, and a backup play by play announcer for the Brooklyn Nets on the YES Network. Carrino also served as a play-by-play announcer for NBC Sports coverage of

Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics was the seventeenth appearance of the sport of basketball as an official Olympic medal event. It was held from 9 August to 24 August 2008. Competitions were held at the Wukesong Indoor Stadium in Beijing, ...

. In 2009, Compass Media Networks hired Carrino to call its national radio broadcasts of

games. In 2012, Carrino was tabbed to call a limited schedule of

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baseball games distributed nationally by Compass Media. He has also called college football for the ESPN Networks and Euroleague Basketball games for

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and ESPN. He is a backup radio announcer for the New York Giants (when

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is unavailable) and Fordham Rams football, basketball, and baseball.

Personal life

Carrino has been a resident of

Marlboro Township, New Jersey Marlboro Township is a township in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. The township is located within the Raritan Valley region and is a part of the New York Metropolitan Area. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township had a ...

. He has a wife and one child (Chris Carrino II). Carrino has been diagnosed with

facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) is a type of muscular dystrophy, a group of heritable diseases that cause degeneration of muscle and progressive weakness. Per the name, FSHD tends to sequentially weaken the muscles of the face, ...

(FSHD), a disease the causes progressive weakening of the muscles, for which the Chris Carrino Foundation was created. Carrino executive produced ''Nets Slammin' Planet'' a show hosted by Evan Roberts,

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and Brandon "Scoop B" Robinson.

References

Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American radio sports announcers Fordham Rams football announcers Gabelli School of Business alumni Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim announcers Major League Baseball broadcasters National Basketball Association broadcasters National Football League announcers College football announcers College basketball announcers in the United States New Jersey Nets announcers People from Marlboro Township, New Jersey Olympic Games broadcasters New York Giants announcers {{US-radio-bio-stub WFUV people