Nick Wright (born October 3, 1984) is an American sports television
personality and sports radio talk show host. Alongside Jenna Wolfe,
Wright serves as a co-host on Fox Sports 1's First Things First;
former American football player Cris Carter formerly co-hosted with
Wright and Wolfe.Wright was born and raised in Kansas City, Missouri.
He attended Syracuse University, graduating with a degree in broadcast
journalism in 2007. Shortly after graduating, he was a contestant on
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.After graduating from Syracuse, Wright
began his sports broadcasting career as production assistant and
weekend host for the KCSP 610 AM radio station, based in his hometown
of Kansas City, Missouri. He then began hosting What's Wright with
Nick Wright?, his own weekly program on the station. The Pitch, a
local Kansas City newspaper, called Wright "610 Sports' most
polarizing and likely most popular host," and also named him the best
sports personality in 2010. Following his time in Kansas City, Wright
co-hosted In the Loop with Nick and Lopez on KILT 610 AM, a
Houston-based radio station.Wright parlayed his experience in sports
radio into a broadcast television career as he began working with Fox
Sports in 2016. His early work at Fox involved regularly contributing
to FS1's daily studio shows. He often appeared as a guest host of The
Herd. In late December 2016, Wright and former wide receiver Cris
Carter co-hosted an episode of The Herd, while its regular host Colin
Cowherd was out for vacation. Then-Fox Sports executive Jamie Horowitz
used Carter and Wright's co-hosting venture to test their chemistry
together, in order to assess the potential of them co-hosting a daily
morning sports talk show on FS1. At the time, the early morning block
(6:00-9:30 AM EST) was "a black hole for FS1", according to Sporting
News, as the network used that slot for game replays and reruns of
other shows.
personality and sports radio talk show host. Alongside Jenna Wolfe,
Wright serves as a co-host on Fox Sports 1's First Things First;
former American football player Cris Carter formerly co-hosted with
Wright and Wolfe.Wright was born and raised in Kansas City, Missouri.
He attended Syracuse University, graduating with a degree in broadcast
journalism in 2007. Shortly after graduating, he was a contestant on
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.After graduating from Syracuse, Wright
began his sports broadcasting career as production assistant and
weekend host for the KCSP 610 AM radio station, based in his hometown
of Kansas City, Missouri. He then began hosting What's Wright with
Nick Wright?, his own weekly program on the station. The Pitch, a
local Kansas City newspaper, called Wright "610 Sports' most
polarizing and likely most popular host," and also named him the best
sports personality in 2010. Following his time in Kansas City, Wright
co-hosted In the Loop with Nick and Lopez on KILT 610 AM, a
Houston-based radio station.Wright parlayed his experience in sports
radio into a broadcast television career as he began working with Fox
Sports in 2016. His early work at Fox involved regularly contributing
to FS1's daily studio shows. He often appeared as a guest host of The
Herd. In late December 2016, Wright and former wide receiver Cris
Carter co-hosted an episode of The Herd, while its regular host Colin
Cowherd was out for vacation. Then-Fox Sports executive Jamie Horowitz
used Carter and Wright's co-hosting venture to test their chemistry
together, in order to assess the potential of them co-hosting a daily
morning sports talk show on FS1. At the time, the early morning block
(6:00-9:30 AM EST) was "a black hole for FS1", according to Sporting
News, as the network used that slot for game replays and reruns of
other shows.
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