Chad Harberts Bio

Chad Harberts has been many things in his career: television personality, newspaper reporter, delivery driver, cook, small business owner, sports information director, disc jockey and professional poker player.

He grew up in Grundy Center, Iowa, where he played basketball, baseball and golf for the Grundy Center Spartans.

After high school, he played a year of junior college baseball at Marshalltown (Iowa) Community College. After graduating from junior college, Chad transferred to the University of Northern Iowa. He graduated from Northern Iowa in 1993 with a degree in Liberal Arts and a minor in Journalism.

Chad left Iowa in 1993 for a new career in Kansas City, Mo. He started as an intern in the sports information office at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. After just one year, he was promoted to Sports Information Director, a job he held for four years. He was then promoted again, this time to Director of Marketing and Promotions.

From there, Chad joined the Kansas City Blades Professional Hockey Club, serving as Director of Marketing and Promotions during the team’s 10th anniversary season.

In 1999, he moved over to Metro Sports, a 24-hour cable sports station owned by Time Warner Cable in Kansas City, Mo. As the co-creator, producer and co-anchor of "High School Roundup" on Metro Sports, Chad earned two Aurora Awards, two Telly Awards and a regional Emmy for his contributions.

In 2004, "High School Roundup" was named the best local show on cable in the four-State region.

Chad left Metro Sports in 2004 to start his own consulting and promotions business. Monster Sports LLC, quickly added many small and medium sized businesses to its roster. Chad worked to obtain sponsorship dollars, increases sales, gain promotional opportunities and help deserving high school students earn college scholarships.

Chad is widely considered an expert on high school sports in the greater Kansas City area, and consults on high-school related entities throughout Kansas City.

In 2008, Chad was a weekly guest on Prep Xtra, a web-based TV show produced by WDAF Fox TV, a weekly guest on 38 The Spot with Jack Harry and the host of High School Showcase on KCWE Channel 29. He also served as a weekly guest on Crunch Time with Dave Stewart and Len Dickey and host Friday Night Live, both on Sports Radio 810 WHB.

In December 2008, Chad was presented with the Gordon Docking Award for lifetime achievement in media coverage of high school sports in the Kansas City area. The award was presented at the 2008 Thomas A. Simone Awards.

A card player since he was a youngster, he and his childhood friends used to play pepper, poker and other card games for nickels and dimes.

Chad got caught up in the poker craze after watching Chris Moneymaker win the World Series of Poker. He won a qualifier for the World Series of Poker Main Event at Harrah’s North Kansas City casino. He has played in at least one World Series of Poker event every year since 2004.

In addition, Chad has played in poker events in Tulsa, Okla., Mesquite, Nev., Council Bluffs, Iowa and of course, Las Vegas.

In addition, he won the nightly $100,000 grand tournament on PokerStars in January 2008.

Chad and his dog, Pirate, currently reside in Kansas City, Mo.

Pirate's Bio

Pirate was born October 28, 2001, in Kansas City, Mo.

As a three-month old German shepherd mix, he was adopted from Wayside Waifs in Kansas City. He was just nine pounds on his adoption day, but would quickly grow into the guard dog and companion he is today.

Pirate loves going for walks, riding in the car, going to dog parks, playing with children, chasing geese, eating Frosty Paws and getting belly rubs.

He also likes to hang out with his best friends, Espn, Wrigley and Max.

When he is not guarding our house, he likes to lie on cool tile or anywhere the air conditioning can blow on him.