Chris
Myers
joined Fox Sports Radio as the mid-day co-host with Steve
Lyons for the network debut in September 2000. "Myers
& Lyons" aired on the network for two years before
he decided to concentrate on his duties for Fox Television.
He remained with the radio network in a part-time capacity
until taking over as co-host of The Drive in November 2004.
Myers
joined Fox Television in December of 1998 as one of the
original anchors of The National Sports Report and the weekly
sports magazine program Goin' Deep. He currently hosts NASCAR
coverage on Fox, FX and Fox Sports Net. In addition, Myers
is a reporter on Fox Sports' coverage of the NFL and Major
League Baseball.
Previous
to joining Fox Sports Radio & Television, Myers spent
11 years at ESPN reporting and anchoring "SportsCenter,"
and "Baseball Tonight" as well as hosting "Up
Close" from 1994 to 1998, including the first live
interview with OJ Simpson after his acquittal.
Myers,
a native of Miami, garnered his first major break in broadcasting
as a 16-year old student when he hosted his own show on
WKAT-AM 1360, interviewing such sports heavy hitters as
Muhammad Ali and Don Shula.
With
more than 20 years in broadcasting, Myers has covered all
of the sports world's premiere events, including the Super
Bowl, World Series, NBA Finals, NCAA Final Four, The Masters
and U.S. Open Golf, Kentucky Derby, the Olympics and the
Daytona 500. In 1990, Myers received an Emmy Award in the
Sports Features category as an anchor/reporter.
Chris
is married and resides in Southern California. He can be
reached at cmyers@foxsports.net.
