Darren Rovell

Darren Rovell (born in 1978) is a sports business analyst who re-joined ESPN in June 2012.

Rovell graduated from Roslyn High School in Roslyn Heights, New York in 1996.

Rovell attended Camp Greylock for Boys, a sports camp in the Berkshires.

He attended and graduated cum laude from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, in 2000, where he is on the advisory board for graduate programs in sports administration. He majored in theater. However, he also hosted a college radio show about sports business.

Rovell interned for FoxSports.com.

Rovell was recruited out of college as a sports business writer for ESPN.com. He reported on sports agents, endorsements, and contracts frequently on ESPN's SportsCenter.

Rovell joined CNBC in 2006.

He has anchored five primetime documentaries for CNBC:

Rovell wrote the book First In Thirst: How Gatorade Turned The Science of Sweat Into A Cultural Phenomenon and co-wrote the book On the Ball: What You Can Learn About Business From America's Sports Leaders with David Carter.

He also reports on non-sports business matters for ABC News.

Rovell was part of the Outside the Lines report that disclosed the NCAA's investigation into whether Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel was earning money from the sale of autographs, in potential violation of NCAA rules. This was never confirmed as Rovell's alleged sources would not speak to the NCAA and confirm his story.

In November 2009, Rovell made controversial remarks in an article regarding an American athlete, Meb Keflezighi, the first American to win a New York City Marathon since 1982, by suggesting that he was a ringer. He later apologized.

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