Chris Rose | |
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Rose advertising for an electric shaver before a 2008 USC-UCLA college football game. Model Marisa Miller looks on.
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Born |
Christopher Rose January 27, 1971 Shaker Heights, Ohio, U.S. |
Education |
Miami University, '93 B.A. Communications |
Occupation | Sports journalist / TV/radio announcer and commentator |
Title | NFL studio host, MLB Network / NFL Network anchor, baseball commentator, football commentator |
Christopher "Chris" Rose (born January 27, 1971) is an American sportscaster for the MLB Network and NFL Network. He is currently a commentator for the ABC series BattleBots.
Rose, who was born and raised in Shaker Heights, Ohio, an eastside Cleveland, Ohio suburb, attended University School in Hunting Valley, Ohio during high school and spent his childhood summers at North Star Camp. Rose attended Miami University in Oxford, Ohio and graduated in 1993. He served as station manager at the student-run radio station, WMSR. He also adores the Cleveland Indians.
Rose is known as one of the hosts of The Best Damn Sports Show Period, on Fox 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 show Million Dollar Challenge.
In 2007, Rose became a play-by-play announcer for Fox's coverage of the NFL. In 2006, he did Gamebreaks for the NFL coverage while Joe Buck and Curt Menefee hosted the studio coverage from the game site. He was the studio host for Fox's BCS coverage.