PERSON: Nick Wright
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First Things First
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Biography
Nick Wright (born October 3, 1984) is an American sports television personality and sports radio talk show host. Wright currently serves as a co-host on Fox Sports 1’s First Things First (FTF) alongside Kevin Wildes and Chris Broussard.
Nick Wright was born and raised in Kansas City, Missouri. He attended Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, graduating with a degree in broadcast journalism in 2007. While at Syracuse, he worked at WAER-FM as sports director. Shortly after graduating, he was a contestant on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.
After graduating from Syracuse, Wright began his sports broadcasting career as production assistant and weekend host for the KCSP 610 AM radio station, based in his hometown of Kansas City, Missouri. He then began hosting What’s Wright with Nick Wright?, his own weekly program on the station. The Pitch, a local Kansas City newspaper, called Wright “610 Sports’ most polarizing and likely most popular host,” and also named him the best sports personality in 2010. Following his time in Kansas City, Wright co-hosted In the Loop with Nick and Lopez on KILT 610 AM, a Houston-based radio station.
Wright parlayed his experience in sports radio into a broadcast television career as he began working with Fox Sports in 2016. His early work at Fox involved regularly contributing to FS1’s daily studio shows. He often appeared as a guest host of The Herd. In late December 2016, Wright and former wide receiver Cris Carter co-hosted an episode of The Herd, while its regular host Colin Cowherd was out for vacation. Then-Fox Sports executive Jamie Horowitz used Carter and Wright’s co-hosting venture to test their chemistry together, in order to assess the potential of them co-hosting a daily morning sports talk show on FS1. At the time, the early morning block (6:00–9:30 AM EST) was “a black hole for FS1,” according to Sporting News, as the network used that slot for game replays and reruns of other shows.
Carter and Wright proved to be a successful pairing, as they were then paired up to host FS1’s morning talk show First Things First, which premiered on September 5, 2017. Carter and Wright were joined by reporter Jenna Wolfe, who fills the show’s moderator and anchor role. First Things First also functioned as a lead-in program for Skip and Shannon: Undisputed. In 2018, it was announced Wright would begin hosting What’s Wright, a weekday radio show on Sirius XM’s Mad Dog Radio.
In 2022, Wright began co-hosting his What’s Wright? Podcast with his son, Damonza Byrd. While on The Colin Cowherd Podcast discussing Draymond Green, Wright disclosed that he is a Klutch client.
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Nick Wright was born and raised in Kansas City, Missouri. He attended Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, graduating with a degree in broadcast journalism in 2007. While at Syracuse, he worked at WAER-FM as sports director. Shortly after graduating, he was a contestant on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.
After graduating from Syracuse, Wright began his sports broadcasting career as production assistant and weekend host for the KCSP 610 AM radio station, based in his hometown of Kansas City, Missouri. He then began hosting What’s Wright with Nick Wright?, his own weekly program on the station. The Pitch, a local Kansas City newspaper, called Wright “610 Sports’ most polarizing and likely most popular host,” and also named him the best sports personality in 2010. Following his time in Kansas City, Wright co-hosted In the Loop with Nick and Lopez on KILT 610 AM, a Houston-based radio station.
Wright parlayed his experience in sports radio into a broadcast television career as he began working with Fox Sports in 2016. His early work at Fox involved regularly contributing to FS1’s daily studio shows. He often appeared as a guest host of The Herd. In late December 2016, Wright and former wide receiver Cris Carter co-hosted an episode of The Herd, while its regular host Colin Cowherd was out for vacation. Then-Fox Sports executive Jamie Horowitz used Carter and Wright’s co-hosting venture to test their chemistry together, in order to assess the potential of them co-hosting a daily morning sports talk show on FS1. At the time, the early morning block (6:00–9:30 AM EST) was “a black hole for FS1,” according to Sporting News, as the network used that slot for game replays and reruns of other shows.
Carter and Wright proved to be a successful pairing, as they were then paired up to host FS1’s morning talk show First Things First, which premiered on September 5, 2017. Carter and Wright were joined by reporter Jenna Wolfe, who fills the show’s moderator and anchor role. First Things First also functioned as a lead-in program for Skip and Shannon: Undisputed. In 2018, it was announced Wright would begin hosting What’s Wright, a weekday radio show on Sirius XM’s Mad Dog Radio.
In 2022, Wright began co-hosting his What’s Wright? Podcast with his son, Damonza Byrd. While on The Colin Cowherd Podcast discussing Draymond Green, Wright disclosed that he is a Klutch client.
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