Chris Rose | |
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 Rose in December 2008 withMarisa Miller | |
| Born | Christopher Rose (1971-01-27)January 27, 1971 (age 54) Shaker Heights, Ohio, U.S. |
| Education | Miami University (B.A.) |
| Occupation(s) | Sports journalist/TV/radio announcer and commentator |
| Title | NFL studio host,NFL Network anchor, baseball commentator, football commentator |
Christopher Rose (born January 27, 1971) is an Americansportscaster for theNFL Network, and the preseason television play-by-play announcer for theCleveland Browns of theNational Football League (NFL). Outside of football, he is also a commentator for theDiscovery Channel seriesBattleBots and podcast host forJomboy Media.
Rose, who was born and raised inShaker Heights, Ohio, an eastsideCleveland suburb, attendedUniversity School inHunting Valley,Ohio during high school and spent his childhood summers at North Star Camp. Rose attendedMiami University inOxford, Ohio 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,Cavaliers, andBrowns - for which he provides play by play during locally televised preseason games onWEWS-TV 5).
Rose currently resides in California with his wife Michelle and has two sons: Brady and Josh.
Rose is known as one of the hosts ofThe Best Damn Sports Show Period, onFox Sports Net. Except for a brief period in 2004 and 2005, Rose hosted the show from its inception in 2001. Rose has also hosted the poker showMillion Dollar Challenge.
In 2007, Rose became a play-by-play announcer forFox's coverage of theNFL. In2006, he did Gamebreaks for the NFL coverage whileJoe Buck andCurt Menefee hosted the studio coverage from the game site. He was the studio host for Fox'sBCS coverage.
In2007, he was the #7 play-by-play announcer for Fox's coverage of the NFL. Ayear later, he was demoted to #8 play-by-play but promoted again to #7 in2009. Rose was again the #7 play-by-play announcer in2010. On Sunday, November 8,2009, Rose did Gamebreaks for theNFL on Fox while theFox NFL Sunday crew did the pregame show fromBagram Airfield in Afghanistan.Trent Green andJohn 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 forGolden Boy Boxing in 2012 airing onFuel TV.[1][2]
Rose took over the revampedFox Saturday Baseball pre game show in2009. 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 forMLB on FOX. He also hostedBig Shots: Titans at the Tee. During the2010 Major League Baseball season he hosted the inaugural season ofThe Cheap Seats.David Cone took over the show following the 2010 season. On March 21, 2012, it was announcedMatt Vasgersian 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[3] with players he has interviewed during Fox's baseball coverage. For example, during the2009 World Series, Rose referred toDerek Jeter of theNew York Yankees as "Jeets". One year later during theWorld Series, Rose referred to bothBrian Wilson andTim Lincecum of theSan Francisco Giants as "his friends."
Rose was hired byMLB Network in April 2010. A year later, he began co-hostingIntentional Talk withKevin Millar.Intentional Talk has become one of the most popular shows on MLB Network.[4] On December 11, 2020, Rose announced that MLB Network was not picking up his contract and his lastIntentional Talk show would take place on December 23, 2020.[5]
On August 28, 2012,NFL Network announced they had added Rose to their team. He currently is a studio host for the channel. Rose is the host ofNFL GameDay Highlights,NFL GameDay Final, as well as the postgame edition ofNFL Total Access following the network'sThursday Night Football coverage. Rose continued to hostIntentional Talk for MLB Network, even though that network's studios were inNew Jersey while the NFL Network's were inLos Angeles.
Since 2022, Rose has served as the play-by-play announcer for preseason telecasts of theCleveland Browns onWEWS-TV 5 inCleveland. Following the 2023 Browns season opener, longtime radio play-by-play announcerJim Donovan went on medical leave to undergo treatment forleukemia, and Rose was named as Donovan's substitute.[6] Rose would continue to serve as the Browns' radio announcer for the rest of the season;Andrew Siciliano would take over the permanent radio play-by-play announcer from 2024 onwards.[7]
In 2015, Rose became a play-by-play announcer forABC's revival of therobot combat seriesBattleBots, joined byUFC commentatorKenny Florian.[8] Rose continued his role on the revival's third season, which moved toScience Channel.[9]
In 2010, Rose co-hosted season 1 of thePokerStars Big Game with Joe Stapleton.[10][circular reference] Rose was replaced by Scott Huff in season 2, so Rose could focus on MLB broadcasting full-time.[11]
On February 18, 2021, Rose announced he would be joiningJomboy 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.[12] The final episode of the show was released on March 10, 2025. Rose also hosts a daily baseball show with former MLB playerTrevor 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 EndC. J. Uzomah. The show was rebranded as “Football Today” in August 2023 with Bobby Skinner & Justin Penik.
In March of 2025, Rose began 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.
