Curt Menefee

Menefee at Bagram Airfield in November 2009.

Curt Menefee (born July 22, 1965), is an American sportscaster who is the host of the Fox network's NFL show Fox NFL Sunday. His co-hosts are Jimmy Johnson, Terry Bradshaw, Howie Long, and Michael Strahan.

Menefee also provided ringside commentary for Top Rank's coverage of the Pacquiao-Hatton fight. He is currently the play-by-play announcer for ShoBox: The New Generation.^[1]

Biography

Prior to joining Fox Sports full-time, he was a sports reporter for MSG Network's SportsDesk show. Prior to that, he was the sports anchor for WNYW, New York City's Fox flagship station. He began calling NFL games on Fox in the late 1990s. He also hosted a radio show on the popular Dallas, Texas sports radio station KTCK ("The Ticket"). He was also the sports anchor for KTVT in neighboring Fort Worth, where he refused to wear socks during the newscast.^[2] Menefee has provided play-by-play for Fox's NFL Europe and NFL on Fox coverage in the spring and summer months.

On May 24, 2008, Menefee made an appearance on MLB on Fox. He held play-by-play duties alongside José Mota during a game between the Los Angeles Angels and the Chicago White Sox.

Menefee attended Coe College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. At Coe, he was a member of the Sigma Nu fraternity. Menefee resides in Los Angeles, California. He gave the commencement speech at Coe College in 2010 and was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Journalism.

Menefee does NFL preseason television play-by-play for the Seattle Seahawks.^{[3] [4] [5]}

On May 22, 2010, Menefee hosted FOX's coverage of the 2010 UEFA Champions League Final between FC Internazionale Milano and FC Bayern Munich in the first-ever broadcast of that tournament's final on over-the-air broadcast television in the United States.^[6]

Menefee made as a studio host of Madden NFL 11 and 12 for the Wii, Xbox 360, and Playstation Portable.

References

1. ^ 1:35. "It's Showtime for Curt Menefee - ESPN". Espn.go.com. http://espn.go.com/sports/boxing/blog/_/name/rafael_dan/id/4516105. Retrieved 2011-05-17. 
2. ^ http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-150781770.html
3. ^ Communications, Seahawks. "Seahawks at Chiefs Notes". Seahawks.com. http://www.seahawks.com/news/articles/article-1/Seahawks-at-Chiefs-Notes/b7f864d7-85a1-4d86-9a8b-771411d5564e. Retrieved 2011-05-17. 
4. ^ Communications, Seahawks. "Seahawks vs. Broncos Notes". Seahawks.com. http://www.seahawks.com/news/articles/article-1/Seahawks-vs-Broncos-Notes/e9e6449e-f3d0-40a6-b47a-f78fc6330115. Retrieved 2011-05-17. 
5. ^ Farnsworth, Clare. "An evaluation situation". Seahawks.com. http://www.seahawks.com/news/articles/article-1/An-evaluation-situation/d7594e58-ad2f-48d5-bce1-535bbd02d3fe. Retrieved 2011-05-17. 
6. ^ http://www.epltalk.com/fox-acquires-bruce-arena-curt-menefee-for-champions-league-final/18941

Preceded by Joe Buck

Fox NFL Sunday host (with himself) 2006

Succeeded by Incumbent

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