[2] Parker previously served as a sports columnist for The Detroit News and was a member of ESPN'S First Take program.
Parker graduated from Martin Van Buren High School in Queens Village and then received a B.S.
[3] In 1994, Parker was hired at the new all-sports radio station, WDFN in Detroit, where he co-hosted The Odd Couple with Mike Stone in the afternoon.
[7] On September 16, 2018, Parker became the co-host of The Odd Couple with Chris Broussard on the nationally syndicated Fox Sports Radio.
[10] In 2024, Parker took control of WXYT in Detroit, through a local marketing agreement with Audacy, and launched "Sports Rap Radio" on June 4, 2024.
[13][14] Rob Parker co-owns a barbershop called Sporty Cutz on Seven Mile Road in Detroit.
In 2004, Parker penned a much-maligned column where he called Hank Aaron a "coward" for declining to attend when Barry Bonds would break the career home run record.
Parker then cited Griffin having a white fiancée and "talk about how he's a Republican" (though he acknowledged having no information to support this).
[23] Later that day, ESPN spokesman Mike Soltys said that Parker's comments, "were inappropriate and we are evaluating our next steps.