Chris Carrino is an American sports

play-by-play In Broadcasting of sports events, sports broadcasting, a sports commentator (also known as a sports announcer or sportscaster) provides a real time (media), real-time live commentary of a game or event, traditionally delivered in the present t ...

announcer who works for

Compass Media Networks Compass Media Networks is an American radio network. The company launched in January 2009. It is owned by former Westwood One CEO and former COO of Connoisseur Media, Peter Kosann. The company focuses on radio and offers representation and m ...

, Westwood One, and WFAN. He is one of Compass' main voices of

National Football League The National Football League (NFL) is a Professional gridiron football, professional American football league in the United States. Composed of 32 teams, it is divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National ...

radio contests and is the radio voice of the

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

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

' 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

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coverage of Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics. In 2009,

hired Carrino to call its national radio broadcasts of

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

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim The Los Angeles Angels are an American professional baseball team based in the Greater Los Angeles area. The Angels compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) West Division. Since 1966, the team has pl ...

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

Euroleague Basketball Euroleague Basketball, run by Euroleague Commercial Assets (ECA), is a private company that runs and operates men's professional basketball club competitions in Europe, the first-tier level EuroLeague, and the second-tier level EuroCup. It has ...

games for

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and ESPN. He is a backup radio announcer for the

New York Giants The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in the New York metropolitan area. The Giants compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the National Football Conference (NFC) NFC East, East division. The ...

(when Bob Papa 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 (New Jersey), township in Monmouth County, New Jersey, Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The township is located within the Raritan River, Raritan Valley region and is a part of the New York metr ...

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

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