Mike Greenberg Biography

Fast Facts

• His book "Why My Wife Thinks I'm an Idiot" was nominated for a Quill Award and spent five weeks on the New York Times Best Seller list
• Graduated from Northwestern University with a degree in Journalism from the Medill School in 1989
• Started out as a sports announcer and anchor for WMAQ Radio in Chicago in 1989
• Worked at SportsChannel Chicago as a reporter and at Copley News Service as a weekly sports columnist before joining ESPN in 1995
• Best known as the co-host of "Mike & Mike in the Morning" on ESPN Radio
• Appeared on the TV series "Guiding Light" with co-host Mike Golic in 2008
• Hosted the week-long game show "Duel" on ABC in December 2007
• Mike and Mike in the Morning debuted in October 1998 and later moved to a bigger audience on ESPN2 in April 2004
• He and Mike Golic hosted ESPN Radio's largest ever promotion, "Mike & Mike's Marriage Madness," to which 500 couples applied to be married on the show