How old is Charissa Thompson? Bio, Wiki, Career, Net Worth, Fox Sports, Height

Charissa Thompson is an American television host and is best known as the Sportscaster of Fox Sports 1 and NBC. Charissa is known as one of the best journalists nationwide. Charissa is also known as a successful model and is highly appreciated for her work. She is very talented and beautiful.

Charissa Thompson: Age, Parents, Brother, Ethnicity, Early Age

Thompson was born and raised in Seattle, Washington, United States 4 May 1982, and is currently 37 years of age. Her nationality is American. However, her ethnicity is unknown.

Charissa decided to make her career in Journalism at an early age. Her parent’s details are not known. However, She has a brother named Tyson. He is a baseball player in Washington State.

School/College University

Thompson completed her high school education from Inglemoor High School in Kenmore, Washington. Later, she joined Washington State University and after some time, she moved to California to join the University of California. She graduated with a B.A degree in Law and Society in 2004.

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Professional Life and Career

Thompson had experimented and did many types of part-time jobs during her high school and college days. She worked as a nanny, sales associate at Nordstrom, a waitress at The Cheesecake Factory restaurant, a barista at Starbucks, and was an operator of coffee stand located in Los Angeles which was her coffee stand.

Thompson started her career in the broadcasting field in 2006. In the early days of her career, she appeared on several baseball programs at FSN’s The Baseball Report and The 2007 MLB All-Star Game Red Carpet Parade. She has also worked as a news reporter for Fox News.

Thompson provided news for college sports like football and basketball. She also showed up on Big Ten Network’s football show Friday Night Tailgate. In 2009, Charissa hosted the show Toughest Cowboy. Later in 2009, she worked as a sideline reporter for NFL Networks where she covered many sports events like the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Winter Games. In 2010, she got the chance to cover the news of the FIFA World Cup held in South Africa.

Following year, she covered the news for NHL All-Star Game. In 2011, she signed ESPN Networks to work as the co-host of the show called Numbers Never Lie. Thompson has successfully hosted other sports shows like SportsNation and ESPN First Take. In 2013, she returned to Fox Sports. Currently, she is working as one of the hosts of Fox Sports Live. Thompson also works with entertainment news magazine show Extra.