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

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, and the interim radio play-by-play announcer for the

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of the

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(NFL). Outside of football, he is also a commentator for the

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series ''

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'' and podcast host for Jomboy Media.

Early life and career

Rose, who was born and raised in

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, 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

2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

, he did Gamebreaks for the NFL coverage while

Joe Buck Joseph Francis Buck (born April 25, 1969) is an American sportscaster for ESPN. The son of sportscaster Jack Buck, he worked for Fox Sports from its 1994 inception through 2022, including roles as lead play-by-play announcer for Fox's Nati ...

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

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

, 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

2009 2009 was designated as the International Year of Astronomy by the United Nations to coincide with the 400th anniversary of Galileo Galilei's first known astronomical studies with a telescope and the publication of Astronomia Nova by Joha ...

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

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

. 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

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he hosted the inaugural season of ''The Cheap Seats''.

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took over the show following the 2010 season. On March 21, 2012, it was announced

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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 Le ...

, 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 Tim Lincecum 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 Kevin Millar. ''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 '' NFL GameDay Highlights'', '' NFL GameDay Final'', as well as the postgame edition of ''

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'' 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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Cleveland Browns

Since 2022, Rose has served as the play-by-play announcer for preseason telecasts of the

5 in

. Following the 2023 Browns season opener, longtime radio play-by-play announcer Jim Donovan went on medical leave to undergo treatment for

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, and Rose was named as Donovan's substitute.

''BattleBots''

In 2015, Rose became a play-by-play announcer for ABC's revival of the

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series ''

'', joined by

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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 PokerStars Big Game 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 Jomboy Media 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. The final episode of the show was released on March 10, 2025. Rose also hosts a daily baseball show with former MLB player Trevor Plouffe 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 C. J. Uzomah. The show was rebranded as “Football Today” in August 2023 with Bobby Skinner & Justin Penik. In March of 2025, Rose will begin hosting a new show titled “Dugout Discussions with Chris Rose” In additions to hosting podcasts, Rose also provides play by play for various events in the Jomboy Media Warehouse including Blitzball and Floorball.

Filmography

*'' Glory Road'' *'' Mr. 3000'' *'' The Comebacks'' *''

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

References

External links

Chris Rose's Sound Offs
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