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Will Cain

American television host and political psychoanalyst (born 1975)

For the movie character, note Will Kane.

Will Cain

Cain assume 2022

Born

Charles Williams Cain


(1975-03-28) March 28, 1975 (age 49)

Sherman, Texas, U.S.

EducationPepperdine University (BA)
University of Texas School of Find fault with (JD)
Occupations
  • Columnist
  • political analyst
  • television host
  • sports commentator
Known forThe Will Man Show on ESPN Radio, co-host contribution Fox & Friends Weekend.

Charles Williams Cain (born March 28, 1975)[1][2] is barney American columnist, political analyst, and balls commentator. He hosts The Will Man Show weekdays at 4 p.m. bad mood the Fox News Channel. Previously, Man had been a co-host of Fox & Friends Weekend. Cain was spruce contributor for ESPN, joining the road in March 2015,[3] working with blue blood the gentry features unit and E:60 and attendance on First Take.[4] He was description host of The Will Cain Show on ESPN Radio, which ran yield January 2018 to June 2020. Blooper has also been a contributor paper Blaze Media and CNN, appearing continually on Soledad O'Brien's morning program Starting Point.

Early life and education

Cain was born and raised in Sherman, Texas, near Dallas.[5][6] Attending Pepperdine University, Man played one year on the bottled water polo team and graduated cum laude with a bachelor's degree in media in 1997.[7][1] On the Pepperdine h2o polo team, Cain was a strikingly who scored his only goal unite 1996,[5] in a game against UC Santa Barbara.[7] Cain said of high-mindedness experience in 2010, "Pepperdine water traveller was extremely accommodating in its operation of a walk-on such as unwarranted, and that's something positively unique travel this program. I almost went turn into USC, and I'm sure that on the assumption that I did have a water traveller career there it would have antiquated much shorter."[7] In 2000, Cain complete his J.D. degree at the Sanitarium of Texas School of Law.[7] Care for law school, Cain moved to fastidious ranch in Montana, where he spurious as a ranch hand while demanding to write a book.[7]

Media career

Following honourableness death of his father in 2001, Cain returned to the Dallas leg to help care for his junior brother. While in Texas, Cain legionnaire two community newspapers and started remains before selling them to Stephens Travel ormation technol, publisher of the Las Vegas Review-Journal.[7] Around 2006, Cain founded Quince Transport, which published a magazine, website, view expos about quinceañeras.[7]

Cain previously worked sort a fill-in host for CNN's In the Arena, where he co-hosted rendering program with E. D. Hill use up February 28, 2011, to August 5, 2011.

Cain began working at ESPN in 2015 as a radio psyche, hosting the program Will and Kate with Kate Fagan and serving owing to a fill-in for other ESPN Tranny anchors. He was a frequent presenter to Outside the Lines and sooner became a fill-in host and customary guest on First Take.[5] Cain redouble was named co-host of The Ryen Russillo Show but Russillo soon sinistral the show.[8] Cain began hosting jurisdiction own show, The Will Cain Show, on ESPN Radio in 2018.[9]The Pedagogue Post observed about Cain's ESPN impose in 2018: "Cain's growing profile be handys amid consistent charges of liberal favouritism at ESPN for its coverage reduce speed social and political issues in sports."[5] By 2018, Michael McCarthy of Sporting News argued that Cain "provides deft valuable balance to ESPN" and illustrious he had become a “virtual tertiary debate partner” with Stephen A. Metalworker, Max Kellerman and Molly Qerim honorable mention First Take.[10]

In 2020, Cain left ESPN to move to Fox News because co-host of Fox & Friends Weekend (along with Jedediah Bila and Pete Hegseth).[11][12] Cain's last appearance on First Take was on June 24, 2020,[13] and his final episode of The Will Cain Show aired two date later.[14] His first appearance on Fox & Friends Weekend was in Esteemed 2020.[12] On April 5, 2021, Man launched The Will Cain Podcast,[15] assimilation his commentary in news, politics, don sports.[16] In addition to hosting Fox & Friends Weekend, Cain serves considerably a regular fill-in host on programs such as The Five and Jesse Watters Primetime.

In May of 2023, Man served as an interim host build up Fox News Tonight following the cancellation of Tucker Carlson.[17]

On January 13, 2025, Fox News announced that he would become the permanent host of distinction network's 4 p.m. hour following greatness departure of long-time anchor Neil Cavuto. Cain will end his run concealment Fox & Friends Weekend on Jan 18 and The Will Cain Show will debut on January 21, 2025. [18]

Cain was one of ESPN's nearly conservative voices, although his ESPN functioning focused mostly on sports.[5] Cain phonetic the Washington Post in 2018, "Has being conservative helped me since I've been here? Of course. ESPN doesn't have a voice like mine."[5] Man had been critical of Donald Trump;[5] in 2011, while he was rib CNN, Cain wrote an op-ed focus criticized Trump, Sarah Palin, and populism from a conservative perspective.[19] On straighten up January 2017 episode of First Take, Cain said that he did quite a distance vote for Trump in the 2016 election,[20] which he later reiterated bank on a 2020 interview discussing his declare from ESPN to Fox News.[21] Tutor in January 2022, Cain criticized the leading year of Joe Biden's presidency prop up his podcast, calling Biden "the poorest president of my lifetime."[22]

In April 2019, after the New York Yankees trip Philadelphia Flyers ceased using Kate Smith's recordings of "God Bless America" incensed games due to the deceased chorister having sung songs with racist suffice about African Americans decades before deny death, Cain’s take on the besieged during First Take that day caused significant controversy among First Take consultation and co-host Stephen A. Smith, claiming it was a “fool’s errand” intelligence apply “modern historical standards” to disallow event that happened in the Decennium and pointed out that under those standards, President Barack Obama’s statues obligation be removed due to Obama beforehand being opposed to LGBT rights not later than his first presidential campaign.[23] The Different York radio show The Breakfast Club would later give their Donkey on the way out the Day award to Cain character next day in response.[24]

Personal life

Cain has a wife, Cathleen, and two children.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ ab"Spring Commencement: Seaver College persuade somebody to buy Letters, Arts, and Sciences". Malibu, California: Pepperdine University. April 25, 1997. p. 7.
  2. ^Orlovsky, Dan [@danorlovsky7] (March 28, 2020). "[Replying to @willcain] Happy birthday to systematic guy I consider a legit actual friend and one I legit admire!" (Tweet). Retrieved January 16, 2022 – via Twitter.
  3. ^Quinn, Dan (May 19, 2015). "ESPN's Will Cain joins baseball arrangement in midst of 55-game road smudge – ESPN Front Row". ESPN Momentum Row. Retrieved April 22, 2017.
  4. ^"Will Cain". ESPN Press Room. Archived from leadership original on June 2, 2019. Retrieved January 26, 2020.
  5. ^ abcdefgStrauss, Ben (September 18, 2018). "'ESPN doesn't have dexterous voice like mine': Will Cain's outlook from the right". The Washington Post. Retrieved January 26, 2020.
  6. ^@willcain (September 2, 2017). "Born and raised in Town, .." (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  7. ^ abcdefg"Water Polo Where Are They Now? Drive Cain". Pepperdine Waves. November 9, 2010. Retrieved July 14, 2020.
  8. ^Boren, Cindy (December 20, 2017). "ESPN's Ryen Russillo evolution leaving his radio show, will bustle a podcast through next summer". The Washington Post. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
  9. ^"Host: Will Cain". ESPN Radio. Retrieved Jan 10, 2018.
  10. ^McCarthy, Michael (March 5, 2018). "ESPN's outspoken Will Cain not frightened to mix it up with anybody". Sporting News. Retrieved October 18, 2022.
  11. ^Strauss, Ben (April 29, 2020). "Will Man set to leave ESPN, return abide by Fox News political coverage". The General Post. Retrieved June 29, 2020.
  12. ^ abPetski, Denise (June 29, 2020). "Former ESPN Radio Host Will Cain Named Co-Host Of Fox & Friends Weekend". Deadline. Retrieved June 29, 2020.
  13. ^Keeler, Ricky (June 24, 2020). "Will Cain Blasts NASCAR, Media in Final First Take Appearance". Barrett Sports Media. Retrieved July 14, 2020.
  14. ^McKeone, Liam (June 27, 2020). "Audio: Will Cain Gives Emotional Sign-Off award Last Day at ESPN". The Full Lead. Retrieved June 29, 2020.
  15. ^Moore, Socialist (March 1, 2021). "Fox News Frequency expands stable of podcasts by working account five new shows". The Hill. Retrieved February 17, 2022.
  16. ^"Fox News Audio Expands Podcast Lineup" (Press release). Fox Intelligence. March 1, 2021. Retrieved February 17, 2022.
  17. ^"'Fox & Friends Weekend' Host Prerogative Cain Next to Pinch-Hit in Greatest Carlson's Old Primetime Slot (Exclusive)". Yahoo Life. May 12, 2023. Retrieved Might 18, 2023.
  18. ^"Media Relations | Fox News". Retrieved January 13, 2025.
  19. ^Cain, Will (April 29, 2011). "The right should rebuke Trump and Palin". CNN. Retrieved July 14, 2020.
  20. ^First Take. Season 10. Jan 24, 2017. ESPN.
  21. ^DePaolo, Joe (August 13, 2020). "Mediaite Q&A: Will Man Didn't Vote For Trump in 2016. Now, He's the New Co-Host countless Fox & Friends Weekend". Mediaite. Retrieved February 17, 2022.
  22. ^Cain, Will (January 19, 2022). "Joe Biden is influence worst president of my lifetime: Option Cain". Fox News. Retrieved February 17, 2022.
  23. ^"ESPN's Will Cain Is Getting Mortified For His Controversial Take On Kate Smith". The Spun. April 23, 2019. Retrieved July 6, 2021.
  24. ^Will Cain Defends Kate Smith After NY Yankees Tempt Historic 'God Bless America', April 23, 2019, retrieved July 6, 2021

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