Colin Cowherd

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Colin Murray Cowherd (born January 6, 1964) is an American sports media celebrity.

Cowherd began his television work as a sports director on Las Vegas's television station KVBC and as a sports commentator on several other radio stations before joining ESPN in 2003, where he hosted a radio show on ESPN and also became one of the original hosts of ESPN's television show SportsNation, as well as Colin's New Football Show.

Cowherd is the host of The Herd with Colin Cowherd on Fox Sports Radio and Fox Sports 1.

The Herd is FS1's top-rated studio unit.

On FS1, he was also a host of Speak For Yourself. Following Cowherd's controversial statement regarding Dominican Republic baseball players, it was announced in July 2015 that Cowherd would leave ESPN following the termination of his deal with them.

In August 2015, it was revealed that he would join Fox Sports from September, which also includes his radio show, which will be broadcast on Fox Sports Radio and Fox Sports 1.

Cowherd was suspended from ESPN on July 24, 2015 after making those inconvenient remarks on The Herd the day before, despite being set to leave at the end of the month.

At Eastern Washington, Cowherd worked with Coach Jim McElwain (current Central Michigan University football head coach) for 12 years.

Early life and education

Cowherd was born in Aberdeen, Washington. Charles, his father, an optometrist, and his British-born mother Patricia (d. 2014) was a housewife who immigrated to the United States at age 14. Marlene is his older sister. Cowherd grew up in Grayland, Washington, a tiny fishing village about 130 miles away from Seattle. His parents divorced early in life due to his father's alcoholism, and he and his sister were mainly raised by their mother. Cowherd referred to himself as a loner throughout his youth, spending a lot of time on his roof, listening to baseball games on the radio, and singing to baseball games on the radio. In 1982, he graduated from Ocosta High School in Westport. Cowherd played quarterback for the football team as well as a All-Far West Conference guard for the basketball team in high school. At Eastern Washington, Cowherd was roommates with Coach Jim McElwain (current Central Michigan University football head coach).

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Career

Cowherd began his career as the San Diego Padres' Triple-A affiliate Las Vegas Stars' play-by-play voice. He later worked as a sports director at KVBC in Las Vegas, where he was named Nevada's Sportscaster of the Year five times. From 1993 to 1995, he served as a weekend sports anchor for WTVT in Tampa, Florida. He moved to Portland, Oregon, where he spent as a sports anchor for KGW-TV. The Herd went from an afternoon time slot on all-sports radio KFXX to the morning drive time in 2001.

Cowherd was selected to replace Tony Kornheiser for the late-morning time slot on ESPN Radio in 2003. (from 1 p.m. ET)

The Herd with Colin Cowherd is Cowherd's syndicated talk radio show broadcast on Fox Sports Radio. ESPN Radio affiliates around the country and online at ESPNRadio.com from 2004 to 2015. On ESPNU, the Herd produced a simulcast in 2008. The show features commentary on sports news, analysis of other news articles, and interviews with influential analysts and sports personalities. Though he is a sports broadcaster, he often thinks about personal life and company in the sports arena. His program is based on demographics and regional preferences. The majority of his conversations revolve around the National Football League (NFL), college football, and the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Following a series of reports concerning Cowherd's remarks regarding professional wrestler Eddie Guerrero's death on the November 13, 2005 edition of The Herd, ESPN apologised in November 2005. Before speculating on death causes, Cowherd reportedly said, "who cares that he died" and described his death as "not newsworthy." Bruce Gilbert, the ESPN Radio general manager, recalled him later for his remarks. Cowherd drew criticism in April 2014 after making remarks regarding the death of The Ultimate Warrior. Cowherd, who had earlier referred to professional wrestling fans as "lonely, pathetic Booger Eaters," attended the taping of an episode of WWE SmackDown in March 2018.

Cowherd urged his followers to "blow up" the sports website The Big Lead by simultaneously visiting its home page on April 5, 2007. The website was unable to cope with the surge in visitors, and the website was offline for about 96 hours. LeAnne Schreiber, ESPN's current Ombudsman, wrote an article in which she expressed her dissatisfaction with Cowherd's behavior. Schiller contacted Traug Keller, a senior vice president at ESPN Radio, and Keller said Cowherd would face no discipline for the stunt because there was no legislation against such a tactic at the time. Keller introduced a zero tolerance policy aimed at future in order to prevent this from happening again.

Cowherd was chastised for making statements regarding Sean Taylor's death. Cowherd said Taylor's history had led to this tragedy, and that Redskins fans who mourned him were not "grown ups" on November 28, 2007. Taylor's revival: "Well, just because you clean the carpet doesn't mean you got everything out." "You have stains and stuff that never leaves," says the author. Taylor's death was later discovered to be the result of a botched robbery, and the robbers hadn't know Taylor was home when they reached.

Cowherd opened the ESPN Sunday morning pro and college football talk show Colin's New Football Show in fall 2013. You Herd Me, Cowherd's first book in 2013! If Nobody Else Will Be Published, I'll Say It If It Is Published. Cowherd has said on his radio show that he had been writing the book on and off for a few years. Cowherd's second book, Raw: My 100%, Grade-A, Unfiltered, Inside Look at Sports, was published in 2015.

Michelle Beadle and later Charissa Thompson co-hosted ESPN2 from 2009 to 2012; the show debuted on July 6, 2009. SportsNation was supposed to take "the pulse" of the country. Cowherd and Thompson were given two choices to choose from, and they tried to determine which option was the most likely to haunt someone when they died (e.g., Who is more likely to haunt someone when they die, Kobe Bryant or Joe Paterno?). Cowherd revealed in September 2012 that he would leave the program; his last month as host was December 2012. In January 2013, Marcellus Wiley took over for Cowherd.

Cowherd made a remark on July 23, 2015, comparing the number of baseball players from the Dominican Republic to the game's apparent simplicity. The Dominican Republic "has not been recognized as having world class academic capabilities" in my lifetime, according to "a majority of those children came from rough backgrounds and haven't had access to academically, which other children in the region do not have."

José Bautista and the MLB Players Association reacted angrily to the remarks; later that day, USA Today announced that the MLBPA was considering "withholding cooperation" with ESPN and Fox for their lack of reaction to the remarks. Cowherd was also suspended for making remarks that they felt were "inappropriate, insulting, and completely contradictory of our game's values."

In reaction to the remarks, ESPN announced the following day that it would immediately cut links with Cowherd. Cowherd shared findings from a number of studies relating to the Dominican Republic's current state of education. He continued to state that "I could've said a third of baseball's talent is being supplied from countries with economic hardships, thus educational barriers." For the record, I used the Dominican Republic because they've produced baseball with so many talented players." The cowherd apologised, but the apology was not well received.

Cowherd will leave ESPN on July 24, 2015. Cowherd's presence had been "mutually beneficial," according to network president John Skipper, who went on to state that "he came to national prominence on ESPN due to his unique view of sports and culture. Exitings also heralde new ones for ESPN and Colin, so we thank him and wish him the best." Cowherd was in negotiations with Fox Sports, according to several outlets; Jamie Horowitz, a Fox Sports executive, previously worked with ESPN as a producer for Cowherd. Cowherd's last broadcast aired on July 24, 2015. Though his deal was supposed to end a week later on July 31, Cowherd was fired sooner following remarks he made regarding Dominican baseball players during the previous day's version of The Herd.

Cowherd would join Fox Sports in a four-year contract, according to an official tweet on August 12, 2015. On September 8, 2015, the Herd joined Premiere Networks and Fox Sports Radio, and Fox Sports Radio's TV simulcast moved to Fox Sports 1. Kristine Leahy, co-host and newswoman, was the co-host and newswoman. In 2018, Joy Taylor replaced Leahy in Leahy. Cowherd has also been a Fox NFL Kickoff contributor. On Fox Sports 1, Cowherd & Whitlock were both co-hosts on daily sports talk show Speak for Yourself with Cowherd & Whitlock.

Cowherd launched The Heard Podcast Network in 2018 in partnership with iHeartRadio and Red Seat Ventures. "The Volume" sports-talk podcast debuted on February 1, 2021, featuring Colin Cowherd's flagship show, The Colin Cowherd Podcast.

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Awards

• Sports Illustrated's 2005 Radio Personality of the year.
• Nevada's Sportscaster of the Year five times, as voted by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association.
• Rated by PunditTracker as the Best Pundit of 2012 for his sports predictions.