Richard Eisen

About the Author

Rich Eisen is the host of The Rich Eisen Show, as well as NFL Network’s NFL GameDay Morning on Sunday mornings throughout the football season. Eisen was a mainstay on ESPN’s SportsCenter from 1996 until he helped launch NFL Network as its first on-air employee in 2003. He has anchored the network’s special on-location coverage of the Super Bowl, NFL Draft and NFL Scouting Combine for more than twenty years, and he also serves as the emcee of the Pro Football Hall of Fame Gold Jacket Ceremony in Canton, Ohio. Eisen’s work has garnered 8 Emmy nominations for Outstanding Studio Host with The Rich Eisen Show earning three nominations for Best Daily Studio Show. In 2017, he was honored as the 12th Pat Summerall Award recipient at the St. Jude Legends of Charity Dinner. A tireless supporter of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Eisen transitioned his annual Spring “Run Rich Run” event into a fundraiser that has raised over $9 million for the children’s hospital. He’s been married to fellow broadcaster Suzy Shuster for 23 years (and counting) with 3 children (no longer and counting) and 2 rescue dogs (open to more).

Michael Weinreb is an award-winning journalist and the author of four books, including Season of Saturdays, an acclaimed personal and cultural history of college football, and Game of Kings, about a championship Brooklyn high school chess team, which won a Quill Award. He has written for ESPN, Grantland, The New York Times, The Ringer, Rolling Stone, The Atlantic, and many more