Play-by-Play Announcer, THE NFL ON CBS
Don Criqui rejoined CBS Sports as part of the CBS Television Network's National Football League broadcast team as a play-by-play announcer in 1998. Criqui, who previously worked for CBS Sports for 12 years, returned to the Network after working for NBC Sports for 19 years.
Criqui first joined CBS Sports as a play-by-play announcer, and was partnered with Frank Gifford, Norm Van Brocklin and Sonny Jurgensen on NFL broadcasts. He also handled play-by-play duties for CBS Sports' coverage of the NBA and college basketball, track and field, horse racing, figure skating, gymnastics and swimming and diving.
The versatile Criqui joined NBC Sports as a football play-by-play announcer in 1979. In 1992, he served as host of NBC/Cablevision's pay-per-view coverage of the Summer Olympics from Barcelona. In addition, he called Notre Dame football, NBA, golf, auto racing and the Orange Bowl 14 times. Criqui has also hosted Wimbledon and World Cup soccer and called play-by-play for NBC Radio's coverage of the NFL and Super Bowl XX and XXI. In 1988, he called the swimming events for NBC's coverage of the Seoul Olympics.
He is widely known for his roles on two of America's most popular radio programs, Rambling with Gambling for 19 years on WOR (N.Y.) and for the past 12 years with Imus in the Morning. Criqui has also been heard nationally on the Westwood Radio Network's Don Criqui on Sports. He currently co-hosts King World's Inside Edition Weekend.
Criqui's first professional assignment was working as sports director for WSBT-TV South Bend, Ind. He moved to New York and began working for WCBS-TV. Criqui earned his bachelor's degree in arts and letters from the University of Notre Dame. He was born in Buffalo, N.Y., and lives with his wife, Molly, and their five children in Essex Fells, N.J.