Chris Carlin is an American

United States

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 television and radio personality. Along with on-air partner Bob Ojeda

Bob Ojeda

Robert Michael Ojeda is a former Major League Baseball left-handed pitcher. Ojeda is best remembered as an anchor in the 1986 World Series Champion New York Mets starting rotation , and for being the lone survivor of a March 22, boating accident that killed fellow Cleveland Indians pitchers...

, co-hosts pre-

Mets Pre-Game Live

Mets Pre-Game Live is a Pre-game show on SNY which recaps and previews upcoming New York Mets games and series. It is hosted by Chris Carlin and Bob Ojeda. It airs everyday at 6:30PM right before the Mets games only if there is a mets game. It's Post-game show is Mets Post-Game Live. If there is a...

 and post-game telecasts for New York Mets

New York Mets

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 games on local New York television station SNY

SportsNet New York

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. Carlin is the play-by-play voice for Rutgers football

Rutgers Scarlet Knights football

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 and men's basketball

Rutgers Scarlet Knights men's basketball

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 games and is a co-host of the SNY programs "Beer Money!

Beer Money!

Beer Money is a sports game show, when Amber Wilson and Dan Schachner go to quiz New Yorkers on their beloved New York sports teams, at local bars. In some episodes, they can be seen at Citi Field or outside of Madison Square Garden or New Meadowlands Stadium. The first question is worth $10...

" (a quiz show-type program) and Loudmouths

Loudmouths

Loudmouths is a daily sports debate show on SportsNet New York hosted by Chris Carlin and Adam Schein. This show is similar to Pardon the Interruption, another sports show that airs daily on ESPN. It is the third show in the New York Sports Local on SNY. The show is presented by Citi and Geico...

 (a PTI

Pardon the Interruption

Pardon the Interruption is a sports television show that airs weekdays on various ESPN TV channels, TSN, ESPN America, XM, and Sirius satellite radio services, and as a downloadable podcast. It is hosted by Tony Kornheiser and Michael Wilbon, who discuss, and frequently argue over, the top stories...

-esque discussion program). He was previously employed by WFAN

WFAN

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 in New York, where he had hosted a weekday morning sports talk show

Sports radio

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 as well as contributing to Boomer Esiason

Boomer Esiason

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 and Craig Carton

Craig Carton

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's morning show on the station. Carlin still does guest-host stints for WFAN from time to time.

Carlin is nicknamed "the Continent" due to his girth

Girth

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. He grew up in Chatham Township, New Jersey

Chatham Township, New Jersey

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. After graduating Oratory Preparatory School

Oratory Preparatory School

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 in Summit, New Jersey

Summit, New Jersey

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, he went on to major in English

English studies

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 in college, graduating from Hobart College

Hobart and William Smith Colleges

Hobart and William Smith Colleges, located in Geneva, New York, are together a liberal arts college offering Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science and Master of Arts in Teaching degrees. In athletics, however, the two schools compete with separate teams, known as the Hobart Statesmen and the...

 in 1995. He started his broadcasting career at WEOS

WEOS

WEOS is a college radio station licensed to Geneva, New York, broadcasting primarily on 89.7 FM across the Finger Lakes region of New York. It also broadcasts on a smaller relay transmitter on 90.3FM in Geneva . The station is owned by The Colleges of the Seneca, Inc., the legal name of Hobart...

 FM in Geneva, under the mentorship of the legendary Mike Black, broadcasting sports of his alma mater, Hobart & William Smith Colleges

Hobart and William Smith Colleges

Hobart and William Smith Colleges, located in Geneva, New York, are together a liberal arts college offering Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science and Master of Arts in Teaching degrees. In athletics, however, the two schools compete with separate teams, known as the Hobart Statesmen and the...

, including Football, Basketball, and Lacrosse and Minor League Baseball

Minor league baseball

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. He was the station's sports director and also hosted a sports talk show.

He formerly broadcast Minor League Baseball

Minor league baseball

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 for the Geneva (1993) & Williamsport (1994–95) Cubs – currently known as the Williamsport Crosscutters

Williamsport Crosscutters

The Williamsport Crosscutters are a Short-Season A classification minor league baseball team based in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, in the United States...

. He also called college football

College football

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 games for Bucknell University

Bucknell University

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 and did both studio shows and some play-by-play for the New York Giants

New York Giants

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 radio broadcasts for several years. Carlin has also worked on broadcasts of men's lacrosse for the NCAA and the now-defunct NFL Europa on the NFL Network.

Carlin is married to Sheryl Spain, a freelance publicist.