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'''Gary Parrish''' is a sports columnist for [[CBSSports.com]], a host, studio analyst and sideline reporter for the [[CBS Sports Network]], the host of "The Gary Parrish Show" on 92.9 FM ESPN in [[Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis]], and the host of [https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/cbs-sports-eye-on-college-basketball-podcast/id268800565?mt=2 CBS Sports' Eye On College Basketball podcast].<ref>[http://www.espn929.com 92.9 WMFS-FM]</ref> He also regularly serves as a guest-host for shows on CBS Sports Radio—among them The Jim Rome Show.
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'''Gary Parrish''' is a sports columnist for [[CBSSports.com]], a host, studio analyst and sideline reporter for the [[CBS Sports Network]], the host of the CBS Sports Eye On College Basketball podcast, and the host of "The Gary Parrish Show" on Grind City Media in [[Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis]].<ref name="Memphian22">{{cite news |title=Gary Parrish leaving 92.9 FM |url=https://dailymemphian.com/article/33074/memphis-radio-sports-gary-parrish-leaving-929-fm |access-date=10 July 2024 |work=The Daily Memphian |date=23 December 2022}}</ref>
Parrish has been with CBS Sports since 2006.


Parrish has been covering [[college basketball]] since 2002,<ref name="CBSBio">{{cite web |title=Gary Parrish - CBSSports.com |url=https://www.cbssports.com/writers/gary-parrish/ |website=cbssports.com |publisher=CBS Sports |access-date=10 July 2024}}</ref> been with CBS Sports since 2006 and Grind City Media since 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.memphisflyer.com/memphis/memphis-sports-talkin/Content?oid=5114191 |title=Memphis: Sports Talkin' |access-date=2019-08-25 |archive-date=2018-08-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180812214005/https://www.memphisflyer.com/memphis/memphis-sports-talkin/Content?oid=5114191 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
He's been at 92.9 since 2010.


He previously worked at [[The Commercial Appeal]]<ref name="CBSBio" /> and 92.9 FM ESPN in Memphis.<ref name="Memphian22" /> As a young reporter for The Commercial Appeal in 2001, Parrish broke the story of the college football recruiting scandal surrounding standout [[Alabama Crimson Tide]] defensive tackle [[Albert Means]], which would be regarded as one of the biggest scandals in the sport's history.<ref name="Higgins">{{cite news |last1=Higgins |first1=Ron |title=Once upon a time, Alabama dodged the NCAA's biggest bullet |url=https://www.nola.com/sports/once-upon-a-time-alabama-dodged-the-ncaas-biggest-bullet-ron-higgins/article_fee54007-5eda-51c8-bd2b-2fd893005c55.html |access-date=10 July 2024 |work=NOLA.com |date=25 June 2015}}</ref>
Parrish previously worked at [[The Commercial Appeal]] newspaper in Memphis. He still lives in that area with his wife, Kelly, who owns a children's boutique in [[Southaven]] called [http://aidenandollie.com/ Aiden + Ollie]. The couple has three sons—Aiden, Oliver and Louis.


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Gary Parrish
OccupationJournalist
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of Memphis[1]

Gary Parrish is a sports columnist for CBSSports.com, a host, studio analyst and sideline reporter for the CBS Sports Network, the host of the CBS Sports Eye On College Basketball podcast, and the host of "The Gary Parrish Show" on Grind City Media in Memphis.[2]

Parrish has been covering college basketball since 2002,[3] been with CBS Sports since 2006 and Grind City Media since 2023.[4]

He previously worked at The Commercial Appeal[3] and 92.9 FM ESPN in Memphis.[2] As a young reporter for The Commercial Appeal in 2001, Parrish broke the story of the college football recruiting scandal surrounding standout Alabama Crimson Tide defensive tackle Albert Means, which would be regarded as one of the biggest scandals in the sport's history.[5]

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  1. ^ "Gary Parrish | Grind City Media". grindcitymedia.com. Grind City Media. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Gary Parrish leaving 92.9 FM". The Daily Memphian. December 23, 2022. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Gary Parrish - CBSSports.com". cbssports.com. CBS Sports. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
  4. ^ "Memphis: Sports Talkin'". Archived from the original on August 12, 2018. Retrieved August 25, 2019.
  5. ^ Higgins, Ron (June 25, 2015). "Once upon a time, Alabama dodged the NCAA's biggest bullet". NOLA.com. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
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