Cari Champion

Cari Champion (born June 1, 1975) is an American broadcast journalist and television personality. She is known for hosting The Cari Champion Show on Amazon Prime Video Sports Talk. Champion has had a successful career in sports media, working as an anchor and reporter for the Tennis Channel, as well as hosting ESPN2's First Take. In July 2014, she joined ESPN as an anchor for their flagship program SportsCenter. After eight years at ESPN, Champion left the network in February 2020. From August 2020 to February 2021, she co-hosted Cari & Jemele (Won't) Stick to Sports with Jemele Hill on the Vice on TV network. Born and raised in Pasadena, California, Champion attended the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where she majored in English and minored in mass communications.