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Chris Boden is an Emmy Award-winning sports reporter in Chicago.
Since 2007, he has been an anchor and reporter for Comcast SportsNet, where he currently handles reporting duties on SportsNet Central along with hosting the network's Chicago Bears coverage. Beginning with the 2013 football season, he's been hosting the shows: Bears Pregame Live, Bears Postgame Live, Bears Recap, Bears Huddle, and Bears Blitz.
Prior to his Bears hosting duties, Boden was responsible for the CSN pre- and post-game coverage, as well as on-ice reporting duties for the Chicago Blackhawks. He continues to fill out the CSN broadcast team for the Blackhawks.
Early in his career, Boden worked for the telephone sports reporting service SportsPhone Chicago. He worked for more than 30 years covering local and national sports on both radio and television. In television, he has worked for the NFL Network, WFLD-TV (Fox Chicago), WBBM-TV (CBS Chicago), and CLTV (Chicago); his radio credits include WMVP-AM 1000 (ESPN Radio Chicago), WBBM-AM (CBS Chicago), Tribune Radio Networks (now Illinois News Networks, Chicago), WGN-AM (Chicago), and WCRX-FM (Chicago).
Boden grew up in the Chicago suburb of Burbank, IL, and graduated with a degree in Broadcast Journalism from Columbia College Chicago. He attended Luther High School South in Chicago, where he played football, basketball, and ran cross-country and track. He was elected into the Luther South High School Hall of Fame in 2000 and received the school's Lifetime Achievement award.