Champion attended the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where she majored in English and minored in mass communications. From August 2020 to February 2021, she co-hosted Cari & Jemele (Won't) Stick to Sports with Jemele Hill on the Vice on TV network.Ĭhampion was born in June 1975 and raised in Pasadena, California. After almost eight years at the network, she left ESPN in February 2020. In July 2014, Champion became an anchor for ESPN's flagship program SportsCenter. She has worked as an anchor and reporter for the Tennis Channel and as the host of ESPN2's First Take. She is the host of The Cari Champion Show on Amazon Prime Video Sports Talk. Broadcast journalist, television personalityĬari Champion (born June 1, 1978) is an American broadcast journalist and television personality.