Nick Charles (sportscaster)
| Nick Charles | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Nicholas Charles Nickeas June 30, 1946 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | June 25, 2011 (aged 64) Santa Fe, New Mexico, U.S. |
| Education | Columbia College Chicago |
| Occupation | Sportscaster |
| Years active | 1980–2011 |
| Spouse(s) | Widow-Cory Anne Azumbrado Charles |
| Children | Jason Charles, Melissa Price, Katie Charles and Giovanna Charles |
Nicholas Charles Nickeas (June 30, 1946 – June 25, 2011), better known as Nick Charles, was an American sportscaster and journalist. He was one of CNN's first on-air personalities and won threeCableACE Awards for best sports program during his 17-year tenure as co-host of the network's Sports Tonight. He was a graduate of Columbia College Chicago.
Charles started his career as a sportscaster at local television stations. He worked the nightly sports desk at WICS, in Springfield, Illinois, where Fred Hickman his future co-anchor at CNN began his career. He worked at WTOP Radio and WRC-TV in Washington, D.C. as sports director. At WJZ-TV in Baltimore, Maryland, he won an Associated Press award for investigative journalism.
Charles was the first sports anchor for CNN in 1980. He co-hosted CNN Sports Tonight with Fred Hickman, and later hosted his own program, Page One with Nick Charles until leaving the network in 2001. He hosted the Goodwill Games for Turner Broadcasting in 1986 in Moscow, 1990 in Seattle, Washington, 1994 in St. Petersburg, Russia and covered boxing for the Goodwill Games in New York City in 1998.
Beginning in 2001, Charles hosted of Showtime's ShoBox: The New Generation. As a boxing commentator, he interviewed major boxing figures including Muhammad Ali and Evander Holyfield. He also hosted boxing on Versus, a sports network. Nick won the Boxing Writer's Association 2007 Broadcaster award. In 2008, he won the Sam Taub Award for excellence in boxing broadcasting journalism. Charles was also the winner of several cable ACE awards.
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