Chris Carrino

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Chris Carrino is an American sports

play-by-play announcer who works for Compass Media Networks, Westwood One, and WFAN. He is one of Compass' main voices of National Football League radio contests and is the radio voice of the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association
.

Chris Carrino
NationalityAmerican
OccupationSports Play-by-Play Announcer
Websitehttps://chriscarrinofoundation.org/about-chris-carrino

Broadcasting career

He currently serves at the lead radio play-by-play announcer for the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association, a position he has held for nearly a decade, as one of Compass Media Networks' 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

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim baseball games distributed nationally by Compass Media.[3]

He has also called college football for the

ESPN Networks and Euroleague Basketball games for NBA TV and ESPN. He is a backup radio announcer for the New York Giants (when Bob Papa is unavailable) and Fordham Rams
football, basketball, and baseball.

Personal life

Carrino has been a resident of Marlboro Township, New Jersey.[4] 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

Brandon "Scoop B" Robinson.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Medium Well: Your NBC Olympics lineup". Baltimore Sun. Archived from the original on August 3, 2008.
  2. ^ "Chris Carrino gets NFL play by play gig with Compass Media". 2009-05-20.
  3. ^ "Carrino, Quis to call Angels baseball". staatalent.com. 2012-05-15. Archived from the original on 2014-07-14.
  4. ^ Davis, Gayle. "Calling The Shots" Archived 2010-05-26 at the Wayback Machine, livinginmedia.com, June 27, 2008. Accessed July 1, 2010.
  5. ^ "Brandon 'Scoop B' Robinson Credits the Source Magazine for Bolstering His Journalism Career". The Source. 28 February 2017. Retrieved May 14, 2018.