Chris Broussard

About

Christopher Dana Broussard (born October 28, 1968) is an American sports analyst and commentator for Fox Sports 1 (FS1) and Fox Sports Radio. Best known for his coverage of the NBA, he is now a co-host on FS1’s afternoon show First Things First, as well as co-host of The Odd Couple with Rob Parker on Fox Sports Radio. Previously, he worked for The New York Times, ESPN The Magazine and ESPN.com, and made appearances on ESPN’s SportsCenter, NBA Countdown, First Take, and NBA Fastbreak as an analyst.

Broussard was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and is an African American of Louisiana Creole descent. Due to his father’s job as a personnel manager for Traveler’s Insurance Co., Broussard and his family moved often during his childhood. He lived in Cincinnati, Ohio; Indianapolis, Indiana; Syracuse, New York; Des Moines, Iowa; and Cleveland, Ohio, before finishing high school. In 1986, he graduated from Holy Name High School, a private Catholic school in the Cleveland suburb, Parma Heights, Ohio. A standout football and basketball player at Holy Name, Broussard was inducted into the school’s Hall of Fame in 2016. He went to Oberlin College, from which he graduated…