Charles attended
John Burroughs School in Ladue, Missouri; then earned a
Bachelor's degree in Communication at
Stanford University and a
Master's degree from the
Columbia School of Journalism. Charles began his career in broadcasting in
St. Louis, Missouri, as an overnight reporter, news writer and assignment editor at
KSDK-TV. A year later, he became a weekend sports anchor at
WDTN in
Dayton, Ohio. After three years in Dayton, Charles became the weekend sports anchor at
WHDH-TV in
Boston. Charles served as the
blow-by-blow announcer for the
HBO Sports series
Boxing After Dark from 2000 to 2007 and has also worked on
KO Nation,
HBO Pay-Per-View Boxing and
World Championship Boxing. From 2002 to 2006, Charles was the host of the weekly golf show,
PGA Tour Sunday on
USA Network, serving as lead anchor for studio segments during
PGA Tour events. Charles was also an anchor and reporter for NBC Sports, where he anchored the weekend
Sportsdesk show and provided live reports and interviews for
NBA on NBC. He also anchored sports at
WNBC in
New York City while working for NBC Sports. At the start of the 2006 season, Charles joined
NFL Network, where he shared duties as host of
NFL Total Access with
Rich Eisen. From 2010 to 2013, Charles hosted
NFL GameDay Final, joining
Steve Mariucci,
Deion Sanders and
Michael Irvin to review each Sunday's action with highlights, interviews, and analysis from each game. During that time, he also co-hosted NFL Network's
Thursday Night Kickoff Presented by Sears from Los Angeles alongside analysts
Kurt Warner,
Sterling Sharpe,
Jay Glazer,
Brian Billick and
Jim Mora. He was also a studio host for NFL Network's coverage of the
Arena Football League. Charles was portrayed in
EA Sports'
Madden NFL 10 as the main host of “The Extra Point”, a weekly recap show that broke down the highs and lows in a network-style show.
Alex Flanagan was his co-host. Charles made his
MLB Network debut as studio host during the
2013 World Baseball Classic on March 9. On February 20, 2023, it was reported that Charles had been let go by MLB Network. == References ==