Chris Fowler was born August 23, 1962 and is a sports broadcaster for ESPN known best for his work on College GameDay for college football. Since 1989, Fowler has been the primary studio host for college football and men's college basketball on ESPN. He started anchoring College GameDay in 1990 and then expanded to ESPN's other Saturday college football segments in 1991. Fowler has also worked with ESPN's Summer X Games from 1995-2000 and the Winter X Games from 1998-2000 as well as occasional horse racing broadcasts, including the Breeders Cup World Thoroughbred Championship on ESPN. In addition, he is the head studio anchor for tennis tournaments broadcasted on ESPN, including Wimbledon, Australian Open, French Open and most likely for the US Open being broadcasted for the first year in 2009 on ESPN. He has also covered NASCAR races for SportsCenter and will be one of two studio hosts for its NASCAR coverage, beginning in 2007, along with Brent Musburger