Nick Wright is a high-profile sports talk show personality on FS1 and an avid poker enthusiast.
Wright, born October 3, 1984, grew up in Kansas City, Missouri where he began to mold into a national sports talk personality. He got his start in radio in the 2000s as the host of "What's Right with Nick Wright?," a sports debate show that aired on 610 Sports in Kansas City. From there, he relocated to Houston, Texas and co-hosted a sports talk show.
The poker player then began to receive some gigs on national TV for Fox Sports 1 (FS1), and he'd parlayed those appearances into a regular job as the daily co-host of First Things First on FS1, one of the most popular sports debate shows in the country.
Wright is most known for his strong opinions on various sports-related subjects, most notably his controversial take that LeBron James is the greatest basketball player of all-time, not Michael Jordan. He's also a passionate supporter of the Kansas City Chiefs, especially quarterback Patrick Mahomes, whom he refers to as the greatest football player ever.
As a poker player, Wright has long played recreationally. But in 2021 he competed on PokerGO against Phil Hellmuth in a $50,000 buy-in heads-up match on the show High Stakes Duel. Wright, an amateur, held his own against the poker legend, but inevitably took the defeat. He declined a Round 2 rematch.
