CO-HOST, FIRST THINGS FIRST OT
CO-HOST, FIRST THINGS FIRST OT
Danny Parkins is co-host of FIRST THINGS FIRST OT on FS1. The longtime sports radio personality joined FOX Sports in 2024.Â
Prior to coming to FOX, Parkins hosted the Parkins & Spiegel Show on 670 The Score in Chicago where he was nominated for the prestigious Marconi Award in 2022 and consistently ranked as one of the highest-rated shows in the city. He hosted sports radio shows in Kansas City and Syracuse, N.Y before joining The Score.
Parkins, a proud graduate of S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University, is involved in numerous charitable endeavors, including serving as a board member at BrainUp, a brain cancer research charity in Chicago. In 2024, Parkins co-authored the book Pipeline to the Pros, detailing how D3, small-college nobodies rose to rule the NBA.
Parkins and his wife, Stephanie, have two sons, Owen and Eli.
Follow him on X (Twitter) @DannyParkins.
