Curt Menefee

American sportscaster

Curt Menefee
Menefee in 2022
Born	(1965-07-22) July 22, 1965 (age 58) Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Alma mater	Coe College (BA) Northwestern University (MA)
Occupation	Sportscaster
Known for	Host of Fox NFL Sunday

Curt Menefee (born July 22, 1965) is an American broadcaster who hosts the Fox Network's NFL pregame show Fox NFL Sunday.^[1]^[2] He is also the co-anchor of Good Day New York on Fox's New York City flagship station, WNYW.

Early life and education

Menefee was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia.^[3]^[4]

Menefee earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Coe College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.^[2] At Coe, he was a member of the Sigma Nu fraternity and inducted into the Sigma Nu Hall of Fame in 2016. He gave the commencement speech at Coe College in 2010 and was awarded an honorary doctorate in Journalism. In 2021, Menefee was attending Northwestern University enrolled in the university's Master's in Public Policy & Administration program with plans to relocate to Chicago full-time.^[5]

Career

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 also appeared on-air on WTLV in Jacksonville, Florida. He also hosted a radio show on the popular Dallas, Texas sports radio station KTCK ("1310 The Ticket"). He worked at WISC-TV (CBS) in Madison, Wisconsin as a sports anchor and reporter. He was also the sports anchor for Dallas-Fort Worth's then-independent station and now CBS affiliate KTVT.

Fox Sports

He began his career at Fox Sports in 1997 as a sideline reporter, then moved to play-by-play for Fox's NFL Europe and Fox NFL coverage on FOX Sports and FSN.

In 2007, Menefee became the host of Fox NFL Sunday.^[2]

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.

On May 22, 2010, Menefee hosted Fox's coverage of the UEFA Champions League Final between Inter Milan and Bayern Munich in the first broadcast of that tournament's championship game on over-the-air broadcast television in the United States.^[6]

On November 12, 2011, Menefee became the host of the UFC on Fox with Randy Couture and Jon Jones.^[2] He continued to serve as host until ESPN took the rights to broadcast UFC.^[7]

In 2015, he hosted the inaugural coverage of FOX Sports coverage of the U.S. Open Championship in 2015.^[2]

On February 8, 2020, Menefee called an XFL game between the LA Wildcats and the Houston Roughnecks.

WNYW

On January 7, 2024, WNYW announced that Menefee will co-host Good Day New York starting on January 16, 2024.^[8] He will continue to host Fox NFL Sunday.

NFL Preseason Football

Menefee called the NFL preseason for the Jaguars TV network from 2005 to 2007. He formerly called play-by-play for Seattle Seahawks preseason games from 2008 through the 2022 season, with Michael Robinson, Dave Wyman, and Matt Devlin doing color commentary on KCPQ and KZJO (replay).^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14]

Boxing

Menefee also provided ringside commentary for Top Rank's coverage of the Pacquiao-Hatton fight. He was also the play-by-play announcer for Showtime Championship Boxing.^[15] On January 7, 2012, Menefee announced he was leaving ShoBox.^[16]

Personal life

Menefee resides in Los Angeles, California.

References

^ "FOX NFL SUNDAY". Fox Sports PressPass. Retrieved February 10, 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Curt Menefee". Fox Sports PressPass. Retrieved February 10, 2020.
^ "Fox Sports' Curt Menefee: From a small school to a huge job; from Coe College to the Sunday NFL studio". Sports Broadcast Journal. February 12, 2020. Retrieved April 26, 2020.
^ D. Orlando Ledbetter, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. "Fox Sports' Menefee shares his favorite Super Bowl memory". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved April 26, 2020.
^ Rosenthal, Phil. "Curt Menefee, Fox's NFL host, is also a Northwestern grad student hoping to change the world: 'This is what I need to do and what I should be doing'". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
^ "Fox Acquires Bruce Arena and Curt Menefee For Champions League Final | Independent voice for EPL soccer fans since 2005 – EPL Talk | Page 18941". Epltalk.com. April 30, 2010. Retrieved November 8, 2012.
^ "UFC, ESPN agree to 5-year, $1.5B rights deal". ESPN.com. May 23, 2018. Retrieved February 10, 2020.
^ "Curt Menefee to join Good Day New York as co-host alongside Rosanna Scotto". FOX 5 NY. January 7, 2024. Retrieved January 7, 2024.
^ Communications, Seahawks. "Seahawks at Chiefs Notes". Seahawks.com. Archived from the original on June 12, 2011. Retrieved May 17, 2011.
^ Communications, Seahawks. "Seahawks vs. Broncos Notes". Seahawks.com. Archived from the original on June 12, 2011. Retrieved May 17, 2011.
^ Farnsworth, Clare. "An evaluation situation". Seahawks.com. Archived from the original on June 12, 2011. Retrieved May 17, 2011.
^ Condotta, Bob. "Seahawks hire Kate Scott for preseason TV play-by-play job". SeattleTimes.com. Retrieved June 6, 2023.
^ "Brock Huard joins Menefee for Seahawks preseason telecasts on Q13 Fox". Q13 FOX News. July 25, 2013. Retrieved February 10, 2020.
^ "How To Watch, Listen To & Follow The Seahawks vs Raiders". www.seahawks.com. Retrieved February 10, 2020.
^ "It's Showtime for Curt Menefee - ESPN". Espn.go.com. Retrieved May 17, 2011.
^ "Boxing Buzz". Fightnews.com. January 7, 2012. Archived from the original on April 16, 2012. Retrieved November 8, 2012.

MLB on Fox

Related programs

Baseball Night in America (2012–present)
The Cheap Seats (2010–2011)
Fox Saturday Baseball (1996–present)
MLB Whiparound
Major League Baseball Game of the Week
Thursday Night Baseball (1997–2001, 2019–present)
This Week in Baseball (2000–2011)
Tuesday Night Baseball (1997–1998)

DirecTV N3D
FoxTrax
Scooter
Score bug
Television contracts
- 1990s
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- 2010s
- 2020s
MLB Network
World Series television ratings

National coverage	Fox (1996–present) FS1 (2014–present) FS2 (2014–present) Fox Deportes (2012–present) Fox Family Channel (2001) Fox Sports Net (1997–1999) FX (1997)
Former FSN regional coverage	Arizona (Arizona Diamondbacks) Bay Area (Oakland Athletics & San Francisco Giants; 1998–2007) Chicago (Chicago Cubs & Chicago White Sox, 1998–2006) Detroit (Detroit Tigers) Florida (Miami Marlins & Tampa Bay Rays) Houston (Houston Astros, 2009–2012) Kansas City (Kansas City Royals) Midwest (St. Louis Cardinals) New York (New York Mets, 1998–2005) North (Minnesota Twins) FSN Northwest (Seattle Mariners; 2004–2011) Ohio (Cincinnati Reds) Rocky Mountain (Colorado Rockies, 1997–2010) San Diego (San Diego Padres) South (Atlanta Braves) Southeast (Atlanta Braves) Southwest (Texas Rangers) West (Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim) Wisconsin (Milwaukee Brewers) Sun (Miami Marlins & Tampa Bay Rays) SportsTime Ohio (Cleveland Indians) YES Network (New York Yankees)
Fox/MyTV O&O Stations	New York City: WNYW 5 (Yankees, 1999–2001), WWOR 9 (N.Y. Giants, 1951–1957; Brooklyn Dodgers, 1950–1957; Mets, 1962–1998; Yankees, 2005–2014) Los Angeles: KTTV 11 (Dodgers, 1958–1992), KCOP 13 (Dodgers, 2002–2005; Angels, 2006–2012) Chicago: WFLD 32 (White Sox, 1968–1972, 1982–1989) Philadelphia: WTXF 29 (Phillies, 1983–1989) Dallas–Fort Worth: KDFW 4 & KDFI 27 (Texas Rangers, 2001–2009) San Francisco–Oakland: KTVU 2 (Giants, 1961–2007; Athletics, 1973–1974), KICU 36 (Athletics, 1999–2008) Boston: WFXT 25 (Red Sox, 2000–2002) Washington, D.C.: WTTG 5 (Senators, 1948–1958), WDCA 20 (Nationals, 2005–2008) Houston: KRIV 26 (Astros, 1979–1982), KTXH 20 (Astros, 1983–1997, 2008–2012) Detroit: WJBK 2 (Tigers, 1953–1974; 2007) Minneapolis–Saint Paul: KMSP 9 (Twins, 1979–1988, 1998–2002), WFTC 29 (Twins, 1990–1992, 2005–2010)
TV history by decade	1990s 2000s 2010s

Commentators

Play-by-play
announcers

Former play-by-play announcers	Thom Brennaman Joe Buck Howard David Aaron Goldsmith Scott Graham Mario Impemba Mike Joy Justin Kutcher Josh Lewin Tom McCarthy Dan McLaughlin Steve Physioc Mel Proctor John Rooney Dave Sims Dick Stockton Daron Sutton Gary Thorne Matt Vasgersian Rich Waltz

Color
commentators

Former color commentators	Rod Allen Bert Blyleven Bob Brenly Jim Deshaies Cliff Floyd Joe Girardi Mark Grace Tom Grieve Mark Gubicza Rex Hudler Tommy Hutton Steve Lyons Rick Manning Tim McCarver José Mota Jerry Remy Harold Reynolds Frank Robinson F. P. Santangelo Jeff Torborg Chris Welsh

Guest
commentators

Field reporters

Former field reporters	Erin Andrews Curt Menefee Chris Myers Pam Oliver Jeff Phelps

Studio hosts

Former studio hosts	Greg Amsinger James Brown Chip Caray Brian Kenny Keith Olbermann Patrick O'Neal Chris Rose Rob Stone Jeanne Zelasko

Studio
analysts

Former studio analysts	Eric Byrnes Keith Hernandez Raúl Ibañez Gabe Kapler Kevin Kennedy Steve Lyons Kevin Millar C. J. Nitkowski Dan Plesac Billy Ripken Pete Rose Frank Thomas Mitch Williams Dave Winfield

Lore

Regular season	1998 Major League Baseball home run record chase Philip Humber's perfect game (2012) London Series (2019) MLB at Field of Dreams (2021) Curse of the Bambino Yankees–Red Sox rivalry
Postseason games	The Flip Play (2001) Steve Bartman (2003) The 53-Minute 7th Inning (2015) Chicago Cubs end the Billy Goat curse (2016) José Bautista's bat flip
World Series games	The last night of the New York Yankees dynasty (2001) Game 6 of the 2011 World Series Walk-off obstruction (2013) Game 5 of the 2017 World Series (2017) Houston Astros sign stealing scandal (2017)