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” is headed by Dr. Eli Hatchwell, formerly Director …
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 …
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Chris Carrino appeared on the Boomer and Carton morning show on WFAN, Tuesday, May 3. Listen to the full interview:
An in depth interview with Chris conducted by Bob Salter, which aired on WFAN on Sunday morning, April 17th. Listen to the full interview:
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 …
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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.
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 disease, Carrino, 40, has launched The Chris Carrino Foundation …
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By GINA KOLATA Published: August 19, 2010 The human genome is riddled with dead genes, fossils of a sort, dating back hundreds of thousands of years the genome’s equivalent of an attic full of broken and useless junk. Some of those genes, surprised geneticists reported Thursday, can rise from the dead like zombies, waking up …
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