The Chris Carrino Foundation for FSHD

03 Dec The Chris Carrino Foundation Board Approves Continued Funding for UMass FSHD Research Project

Posted at 01:49h in FSHD News, News, Uncategorized

The Board of Directors of the Chris Carrino Foundation for FSHD has proudly approved the funding of $107,777 to Peter Jones, PhD and Takako Jones, PhD at the University of Massachusetts for their mouse model research project. It is an expansion of research funded by...

04 May NEWS STORY: Chris Carrino, voice of the Nets, speaks out on disease that afflicts him

Posted at 00:01h in Foundation News, News, Uncategorized

This article originally appeared in: April 26, 2014 8:26 PM By NEIL BEST neil.best@newsday.com Chris Carrino has spent more than a decade as the radio voice of the Nets, the key word being "voice." So there was no pressing need for listeners to know what he looked like, let alone...

12 Jun VIDEO: Chris Carrino Foundation – News 12 NJ

Posted at 15:26h in Foundation News, News

Watch Chris Carrino talk about FSHD and the foundation in this New 12 New Jersey feature: .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;...

19 Sep PRESS RELEASE: The Chris Carrino Foundation for FSHD Extends Funding of Genetic Research Project

Posted at 15:40h in Foundation News, FSHD News, News

September 19, 2011 Massapequa Park, New York The Chris Carrino Foundation for FSHD announced the extension of a scientific research project directed towards understanding the genetic basis of variable severity in FSHD (Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy). The study, entitled, "Uncovering the Genetic Basis of Variable Severity in FSHD"...

01 Jun STORY: NBA Announcer Chris Carrino: My Battle Against FSHD Muscular Dystrophy

Posted at 17:52h in Foundation News, News

Yahoo! Sports | The Post Game.

Friday, May 27, 2011 4:11 pm

Written by: Chris Carrino

One of my earliest broadcasting memories is calling the World Series in 1980. It wasn't for any network, just my tape recorder, while watching it on the TV in my parents' bedroom. I was 10 years old. No one ever heard it but me.

10 May AUDIO: Chris Carrino Brings Awareness on the Boomer & Carton Morning Show

Posted at 12:05h in Foundation News, News

Chris Carrino appeared on the Boomer and Carton morning show on WFAN, Tuesday, May 3. Listen to the full interview: [audio mp3="https://chriscarrinofoundation.org/newsite2015/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/bc_carrino_interview.mp3"][/audio]...

10 May AUDIO: Bob Salter Interviews Chris Carrino on WFAN

Posted at 12:03h in Foundation News, News

An in depth interview with Chris conducted by Bob Salter, which aired on WFAN on Sunday morning, April 17th. Listen to the full interview: [audio mp3="https://chriscarrinofoundation.org/newsite2015/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/bobsalter_carrino_interview.mp3"][/audio]...

15 Apr ESPN.com: Chris Carrino talks about life with MD

Posted at 04:04h in Foundation News, News

Updated: April 13, 2011 Associated Press NEWARK, N.J. -- New Jersey Nets radio voice Chris Carrino has been living with a secret for almost two decades. The 40-year-old, who has spent the past decade describing the franchise's run at NBA titles early in the decade to the misery of recent losing seasons, has done it with his body being gradually attacked by a form of muscular dystrophy.

12 Apr Star-Ledger Article: D’Alessandro: Battling muscular dystrophy, Nets radio voice Chris Carrino makes the biggest call of his life

Posted at 14:58h in Foundation News, News

By Dave D'Alessandro/Star-Ledger Columnist Published: Tuesday, April 12, 2011 The first time he was aware that something was wrong was when he was in his late teens, and being someone who doesn't complain about anything — that should be on his business card, by the way — Chris Carrino decided to keep it to himself.

09 Apr Press Release: "Voice of the NETS" Chris Carrino Reveals Struggle with FSHD

Posted at 04:01h in Foundation News, News

April 8, 2011 EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Chris Carrino, the radio voice of Nets Basketball for the last decade, has revealed publicly for the first time that he suffers from Facioscapulohumeral Dystrophy (FSHD), a form of muscular dystrophy. In an effort to raise money for this underfunded...