Charissa Thompson (Born May 4, 1982 at Seattle, Washington, U.S.) is an American television host and sportscaster and model. She presently works as co-hosts in FOX Sports Live on FOX Sports 1. Thompson worked for Fox Sports in her earliest time, and Versus, as well as for GSN and the Big Ten Network. She was the co-host of SportsNation.
Thompson has come out on baseball programs, including The 2007 MLB All-Star Game Red Carpet Parade and The Baseball Report both on FSN. She also co-hosted FSN's The Best Damn Sports Show Period alongside Chris Rose and John Salley.
In 2009, she performed sideline reporting in the television show Shaq Vs. In the fall of 2009, she was named an ice-level reporter for NHL on Versus. Thompson appeared on the cover of the April 2009 issue of Access DirecTV.
In 2010, Charissa appeared on the NFL Network's "NFL Now Updates". She covered the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Winter Games, reporting for Yahoo! Sports. In June and July 2010, Thompson covered the FIFA World Cup in South Africa for Yahoo! Sports.
In January 2011, she covered the BCS National Championship game for Yahoo! Sports and NHL All-Star Game for Versus. In February 2011, she covered the Super Bowl in Dallas, Texas, for Yahoo! Sports. Also in February, Charissa covered the NBA All-Star Game for Yahoo! Sports.
In 2013, Thompson tied actor Joey Lawrence as a Co-Host of the ABC's reality TV series Splash, where star challengers dive from Olympic-style platforms and are scored on their performance by Olympic divers.
