Cari Champion Bio | Wiki
Cari Champion is a popular American broadcast journalist and television personality. As of now, Cari co-hosts Cari & Jemele (Won’t) Stick to Sports with Jemele Hill on the Vice on TV network.
Cari has served as an anchor and reporter for the Tennis Channel and as the host of ESPN2’s First Take. She became an anchor for ESPN’s flagship program SportsCenter in July 2014. Following almost six years at the network, Cari parted ways with ESPN in February 2020.
Cari Champion Age
Cari was born on June 1, 1978, in Pasadena, California, in the United States. She is 44 years old.
Cari Champion Height
She is a woman of above-average stature. Cari stands at a height of 5 ft 11 in (Approx 1.78 m).
Cari Champion Family
She was born and brought up in Pasadena, California, to her caring and loving father and mother. Cari is the daughter of Dylan Champion and Mariah Champion. At the moment, Cari has not mentioned any details concerning if she has siblings.
Cari Champion Husband | Ryen Russillo
Cari resides in Los Angeles. She likes to keep her personal life private hence Cari has mentioned that is is now in a relationship with her boyfriend Ryen Russillo. It is therefore not known if Cari and Ryen Russillo are still together or not.
Cari Champion Education
She studied at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where Cari majored in English and minored in mass communications. Cari wrote for the Daily Bruin and was inspired to study her career in journalism by UCLA alumni, comprising Matea Gold of the Washington Post, who was the editor in chief of the student newspaper. She was drawn to journalism with goals of transforming negative stereotypes of African Americans: During her junior year, Cari studied in Washington, D.C., and received an internship at CNN. She graduated from UCLA in 1998, earning an English degree.
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She joined ESPN on October 1, 2012, as the new host of ESPN2’s live debate show First Take. Cari became hired over Heidi Watney and Jemele Hill for the tenure. Being the show’s host, Cari moderated debates between sports pundits Skip Bayless and Stephen A. Smith, who she said had “the biggest, strongest personalities in the building”.Following proposing ideas for stories to ESPN, she made her journalistic debut for the network on November 4, 2014, when Cari profiled and interviewed American football quarterback Cam Newton in a segment for E:60. During the same day, Cari became the target of racist and sexist tweets from comedian Artie Lange, who jokingly portrayed himself and Cari in a sexual fantasy set during slavery. Artie tweeted an apology to Champion the next day and ESPN issued a statement to Sports Illustrated that rebuked Artie’s tweets, while Cari did not respond publicly.
Following petitioning ESPN for six months to become an anchor on SportsCenter, Cari was promoted to the position in June 2015. Cari hosted the last episode of First Take on June 19 and started anchoring morning editions of SportsCenter in July. Following almost six years at the network, Cari parted ways with ESPN in February 2020.
Cari Champion Notable Credits
– Tennis Channel from 2009 to 2012
– First Take from 2012 to 2015
– SportsCenter from 2015 to 2020
– SportsNation 2018
Cari Champion First Take
She served as a full-time host from 2012 t0 2015 at First Take which is an American sports talk show on ESPN. Its episodes air daily Monday via Friday, with the live episode airing from 10 am ET up to noon, with reruns from 1:00 to 3:00 PM ET on ESPN2 as well as from 4:00 to 6:00 PM ET on ESPNews.
Cari Champion Salary
She earns a satisfying amount from her work as a co-hosts Cari & Jemele (Won’t) Stick to Sports with Jemele Hill on the Vice on TV network. Cari’s average salary is $ 66,231 per year.
Cari Champion Net Worth
Cari gets her wealth from her work as a co-hosts Cari & Jemele (Won’t) Stick to Sports with Jemele Hill on the Vice on TV network. Therefore, Cari has accumulated a decent fortune over the years she has worked. Cari’s estimated net worth is $631,355.
How Old Is Cari Champion
Cari is a 44-year-old who was born on June 1, 1974, in Pasadena, California, in the United States.
Is Cari Champion Married
Cari resides in Los Angeles. She likes to keep her personal life private hence Cari has mentioned that is is now in a relationship with her boyfriend Ryen Russillo. It is therefore not known if Cari and Ryen Russillo are still together or not.
Who Is Cari Champion
Cari co-hosts Cari & Jemele (Won’t) Stick to Sports with Jemele Hill on the Vice on the TV network. Cari has served as an anchor and reporter for the Tennis Channel and as the host of ESPN2’s First Take. She became an anchor for ESPN’s flagship program SportsCenter in July 2014. Following almost six years at the network, Cari parted ways with ESPN in February 2020.