Ken Rosenthal

Sports Emmy Award-winner Ken Rosenthal is a reporter and insider for FOX Sports’ Major League Baseball coverage. Rosenthal has served as the network’s reporter for its MLB postseason and World Series coverage since 2006. A sportswriter for over 30 years, Ken is also the Senior Baseball Writer for The Athletic, where he writes about the most captivating personal interest stories in baseball, shares his opinion on the major stories in the game today, and breaks some of the biggest news in the sport’s history.

On-air since 2005, he delivers weekly pregame reports and serves as a roving reporter during featured matchups on FOX and FS1. Rosenthal was also a major part of MLB Network’s programming from 2009 through 2021, contributing to a wide array of baseball programming throughout the year.

Rosenthal won back-to-back Emmy Awards in 2015 and 2016 in the category of Outstanding Sports Personality – Sports Reporter.

During the 2011 season, Rosenthal became active with “The Bow Tie Cause,” a philanthropic initiative created by Cincinnati Bengals linebacker Dhani Jones in honor of Jones’ best friend who was diagnosed with lymphoma in 1999. Jones’ company produces bow ties that represent a number of nationally known charities, from Livestrong to Ronald McDonald House to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. Rosenthal wears a charity’s bow tie during each MLB on FOX game that he works and talks about the cause in addition to how fans can offer support during the broadcast.

He spent the majority of his professional career as a baseball writer and columnist at The Baltimore Sun from 1987 to 2000. Simultaneously, he was a contributor to Sports Illustrated from 1990 to 2000, serving as one of 12 national writers providing weekly notes during baseball season. Rosenthal was named Maryland Sportswriter of the Year five times while at the Sun. He also spent five years as senior baseball writer at The Sporting News, writing a weekly column for the magazine, as well as breaking news and writing features for its web site.

When he’s not tweeting the latest inside information to MLB diehards, Rosenthal is a frequent contributor to Fox Sports Radio, and had a 14-year run as a radio personality in Baltimore on WJFK-AM and WBAL-AM.

Rosenthal also has authored or contributed to three books: Chicken Soup for the Baseball Fan’s Soul, Best of the Best-35 Major League Superstars, and Dean Smith: A Tribute. One claim to fame: His laptop once got smashed by a Cal Ripken foul ball.