About Rob Parker

Rob Parker’s career started with a bang. At 22, he was a full-time sportswriter at the Daily News in New York. Along the way, Parker was a trailblazer, becoming the first African American sports columnist at the Detroit Free Press (1993) and at Newsday in New York (1995). In 1993, Parker was the first African American beat writer to cover the Cincinnati Reds for The Cincinnati Enquirer. He was also an award-winning sports columnist at The Detroit News for nine years. In Detroit, Parker had a long-running radio show, “Sports Night with Parker and The Man.” On TV, he worked for WDIV Local 4 for 20 years as an analyst and fill-in anchor. At WXYZ TV, he was the 10pm sports anchor in 2016. Parker, a New York native, graduated with a degree in journalism from Southern Connecticut State University and went on to receive a Master’s degree in journalism from Columbia University. In 2018, he was named National Association of Black Journalists Sports Journalist of the Year. Parker joined FOX Sports Radio in March 2018 to host “The Odd Couple” on Sundays, and in just six months, the show was promoted to a weekday timeslot. Parker also hosts “Inside the (Rob) Parker Podcast,” a baseball themed podcast on the FOX Sports Radio Podcast Network, and is an adjunct professor at USC. Most recently, Parker launched MLBbro.com, a website produced in partnership with Major League Baseball to chronicle the paths of Black and brown professional baseball players from the past and present. In 2023, Parker was inducted into the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) Hall of Fame. Fans can follow @RobParkerMLBbro on X and Instagram.

About The Odd Couple with Rob Parker and Kelvin Washington

“The Odd Couple with Rob Parker and Kelvin Washington” features dynamic discussion and outspoken opinions as the duo takes listeners through the biggest hits in sports. With backgrounds in journalism and additional work as TV analysts, Rob Parker and Kelvin Washington entertain and inform sports fans daily. Broadcasting Monday through Friday from 7 to 10 p.m. ET/4 to 7 p.m. PT, “The Odd Couple” can be heard on more than 430 radio stations nationwide, in addition to iHeartRadio. For more information, please visit FOXSportsRadio.iHeart.com.

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