These have ranged from Fox Sports to ESPN to Prime Video.
Charissa Thompson was born and raised in Seattle
Charissa Thompson’s journey began in the Pacific Northwest.
As she recalled, her parents were at a loss for what to name her when she arrived.
“My mom was like, ‘I don’t care, just name her something.’
So my dad is like, Well I got this name: Charissa.'
She says, ‘Where did you get that?’
and he’s like, ‘Uh, Sports Illustrated?'”
The story didn’t end there, though.
“She was some redhead,” Thompson said of her namesake.
“I actually like it now.
It’s original.”
Even as a kid, Thompson envisioned a future for herself in sports journalism.
“So I interviewed him with a paper towel roll and a tennis ball as a microphone.
I’ve always wanted to do this job.”
While she majored in law and society at college,sports journalism was always her real goal.
After tanking the interview, she later came clean with her interviewer.
“So I said, “Here’s the deal: I want to be in sports broadcasting.
But I will give you a year, and I will be a great assistant.
I will do anything you want.’
And he just started laughing.”
When he later hired her, he told her that it was her honesty that impressed him most.
In time, she took a job with Fox Sports Net Rocky Mountain as a production assistant in Denver.
It didn’t take Thompson long to shine in her new role.
For her part, Thompson was still trying to accept her new reality.
For the next few years, Fox Sports remained Thompson’s home.
As her star rose,Thompson was tapped to cover some of America’s biggest sporting events.
That, however, was just the beginning.
“That’s the way it goes.”
A particularly brutalDeadspinheadline, in fact, declared, “Charissa Thompson Continues Down Suicidal Path to Frumpyville.”
She eventually changed back to blond but had learned a harsh lesson in the process.
The following year, Thompson was tapped to replace Michelle Beadle as co-host of ESPN’s “SportsNation.”
“I love that you’re able to be you on ‘SN.’
“It’s free-flowing fun format is right up my alley!”
“If I had to wear one more pair of kitten heels next to Joey,” she joked.
“It was like, ‘Joey, put some lifts in your shoes.
Let me hold you.
What do you want from me?’
I was towering over him.”
“‘Kim Kardashian dyed her hair blonde!"’
But I understand that some people do.”
So it felt the obvious like such an invasion.”
“We’re not here to make a ton of money,” she explained.
“Our goal is to turn your house into a home.
The couple made their announcement in a since-deleted Instagram post, as reported by theNew York Post.
In late 2021, the couple tied the knot.
Sadly, the marriage didn’t last long.
She attempted some damage control when she took to Instagram to explain herself in a since-deleted post.
For example, if a team was.
“Andrews added, “We’re friends with him, and how could you not be?
The guy’s a time.”
So we just started talking about it on our podcast, saying, ‘Taylor, do this for America.
The guy, he’s not ugly by any means.”
Thompson quipped, “We’ll take the credit.”
Their entreaties to Swift apparently did the trick.
Kelce himself acknowledged the podcasting duo’s pleas after they posted a clip from the show.
“You two are something else!!”
Kelce wrote (viaFox News).
“I owe you big time!!”
