Chuck Garfien is an anchor/reporter for

NBC Sports Chicago NBC Sports Chicago (formerly Comcast SportsNet Chicago) is an American regional sports network that broadcasts regional coverage of professional sports teams in the Chicago metropolitan area, as well as college sports events and original sports ...

. He is the host of

White Sox The Chicago White Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago. The White Sox compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) Central division. The team is owned by Jerry Reinsdorf, and p ...

Pregame and Postgame Live with

Ozzie Guillén Oswaldo José Guillén Barrios (; born January 20, 1964) is a former professional baseball player and manager. He played in Major League Baseball as a shortstop for 16 seasons, primarily with the Chicago White Sox, from 1985 to 2000. During tha ...

, Frank Thomas and other former White Sox players. Since joining NBC Sports Chicago in 2004, Garfien has won 6 Chicago/Midwest Emmy awards for feature stories on Chicago sports. Along with his on-air work and writing for nbcsportschicago.com, Garfien hosts th
White Sox Talk Podcast
featuring interviews, news and discussions regarding the club. The podcast surpassed five million downloads in July 2022. Prior to joining NBC Sports Chicago, Garfien was an anchor/reporter for

Fox Sports Net Fox Sports Networks (FSN), formerly known as Fox Sports Net, was the collective name for a group of regional sports channels in the United States. Formed in 1996 by News Corporation, the networks were acquired by The Walt Disney Company on Ma ...

in Denver. He served a two-year stint with

ESPN ESPN (originally an initialism for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is an American international basic cable sports channel owned by ESPN Inc., owned jointly by The Walt Disney Company (80%) and Hearst Communications (20%). The ...

and was one of the original anchors on

ESPNEWS ESPNews (pronounced "ESPN News", stylized ESPNEWS) is an American multinational digital cable and satellite television network owned by ESPN Inc., a joint venture between the Disney Media Networks division of The Walt Disney Company (which ...

. He was the Sports Director for two years at WWJ-TV/WKBD-TV, the CBS and

UPN The United Paramount Network (UPN) was an American broadcast television network that launched on January 16, 1995. It was originally owned by Chris-Craft Industries' United Television. Viacom (through its Paramount Television unit, which pr ...

affiliates in Detroit, and was a sports anchor/reporter for

WABC-TV WABC-TV (channel 7) is a television station in New York City, serving as the flagship of the ABC network. Owned and operated by the network's ABC Owned Television Stations division, the station maintains studios in the Lincoln Square neigh ...

in New York City. Garfien was also a sports anchor/reporter at

WHTM-TV WHTM-TV (channel 27) is a television station licensed to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States, serving the Susquehanna Valley region as an affiliate of ABC. Owned by Nexstar Media Group, the station maintains studios on North 6th Street in ...

in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and had his first on-air sportscasting job at

WPBN-TV WPBN-TV (channel 7) is a television station licensed to Traverse City, Michigan, United States, serving as the NBC affiliate for the northern Lower and eastern Upper peninsulas of Michigan. It is owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group, which provide ...

in Traverse City, Michigan. He graduated from USC with a degree in communications and attended

Homewood-Flossmoor High School Homewood-Flossmoor High School (H-F) is a comprehensive public high school in Flossmoor, Illinois. The district encompasses nearly 11.5 square miles drawing students from Homewood, Flossmoor, Chicago Heights, Glenwood, Hazel Crest, and Olym ...

. Garfien's broadcasting career began at Homewood-Flossmoor High School, where he spent 4 years working for WHFH. He was the station manager during his senior year.

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