Charissa Thompson isn’t just saying she wants to stay in the game—she’s mic’d up and ready to negotiate. Days after Fox Sports wrapped its Super Bowl LIX coverage, the 42-year-old broadcaster reposted a shoutout from her agency, Neon Rose, with that cheeky caption. Translation? She’s got more chapters to write in her playbook.

“Love you guys! Let’s run it back next year & the year after that! And that!” She wrote on her Instagram story, but with her Fox contract officially expired as of February 2025, the sports media world is holding its breath like a kicker lining up a game-winning field goal. Will she re-sign? “Fox is family to me,” Thompson told reporters post-Super Bowl, adding, “My brother and my dad came to the Big Easy, and those moments… it was so fun.” Cue the Friday Night Lights vibes: “Clear eyes, full hearts…” but in this case, full hearts and open contracts.

Thompson’s career hasn’t been all confetti showers. In 2018, she faced a brutal iCloud hack that leaked private photos—a “nightmare” she tackled head-on with legal action. Then, in 2023, she admitted to fabricating sideline reports early in her career, sparking a media fumble. “I owned it,” she said, clarifying the reports were “general observations, not lies.” Critics side-eyed harder than Belichick at a postgame presser, but Thompson bounced back like Tom Brady post-deflategate.

Her resilience? Pure NFL grit. She launched an interior design biz, House & Home, because “even sideline reporters need a zen den,” and bought Ruby Ranch, an animal sanctuary where she “unplugs faster than Mahomes scrambles.” Neon Rose Agency, her reps, gushed: “With football szn wrapped, we had to give a huge shoutout to our girl@charissajthompson for crushing another season on the mic for @foxsports As a little girl, @charissathompson always dreamed of being a sports broadcaster and now she’s out here living that dream – telling the stories of legendary athletes and coaches chasing theirs. She’s absolutely crushing it!” Cue the Rocky training montage music.

With Fox playing coy about renewals, Thompson’s options are wide open. Amazon Prime Video’s Thursday Night Football gig? Still hers. But Fox feels like home. “They’ve had my back since the FS1 days,” she said, referencing her 2013 return to host Fox Sports Live. And let’s not forget her dad—the OG inspiration. “He’d skip church for football,” she once revealed. “So I thought, how do I bond with this guy? Turns out, memorizing playbooks works.”

Highlights with Thompson & Andrews

Thompson and her longtime partner-in-crime Erin Andrews just delivered a Super Bowl broadcast for the ages—127M viewers, a Chiefs-Eagles thriller, and enough drama to make Succession’s Logan Roy smirk. Thompson helmed the pregame show like a QB in the pocket, while Andrews worked the sideline harder than Travis Kelce dodges tackles.

But the real MVP moment? When Taylor Swift—yes, that Swift—got booed by Philly fans while cheering on Kelce. “We had to address it on the pod,” Thompson later said on Calm Down with Erin and Charissa. “Tay’s just out here loving her man. Let her live!” Andrews doubled down, joking, “If you’re gonna boo anyone, boo the refs. They’re the real villains.”

The duo’s chemistry isn’t just for the cameras. They’ve been BFFs since their ESPN days, turning their podcast into a therapy session for sports fans. Remember that time Andrews hugged a heartbroken Kelce post-game? “I told him, ‘I’m so sorry, I love you,’” she shared. Thompson, ever the hype woman, added, “Erin’s hugs could fix the NFL’s CTE debate.”

As for Andrews? She’s in the same contract limbo, but these two aren’t sweating it. “We’re like Gronk and Brady—better together,” Thompson laughed. Whether she re-signs with Fox or pulls a Manning and audibles to a new network, one thing’s clear: Charissa Thompson isn’t leaving the booth anytime soon. To quote The League’s Andre Nowzick: “You gotta fight for your right to party!” And she will party—with or without a Fox lanyard.

Mic drop. Contract talks incoming.