Chris Berman has been an anchor for SportsCenter on ESPN since 1979, joining a month after its initial launch, and hosted the network's Sunday NFL Countdown program from 1985 to 2016 and NFL Primetime from 1987 to 2005 and since 2019.
28 Facts About Chris Berman
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Chris Berman has anchored Monday Night Countdown, US Open golf, the Stanley Cup Finals, and other programming on ESPN and ABC Sports.
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Chris Berman is well known for his various catchphrases and quirky demeanor.
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In January 2017, ESPN announced that Chris Berman would be stepping down from several NFL-related roles at the network, but would remain at the company.
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In May 2021, Chris Berman signed a multiyear contract with ESPN to continue to host NFL Primetime.
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Chris Berman was born in Greenwich, Connecticut, and grew up in Irvington, New York, the son of Peggy Shevell, who worked as a reporter-researcher for Time magazine, and James Keliner Chris Berman, a corporate executive vice president.
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Chris Berman enrolled at the Hackley School in 1970, and graduated Brown University in 1977 with a degree in history, where he was the sports director of the school's radio station, WBRU.
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Chris Berman joined ESPN in 1979, a month after its founding, and has been with the network ever since.
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Chris Berman is one of ESPN's longest-tenured employees, and the only remaining SportsCenter anchor from 1979.
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Chris Berman spent 31 years as the host of both Sunday NFL Countdown, and ten years hosting Monday Night Countdown.
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At the time, Chris Berman noted that his contract with ESPN would expire on his 55th birthday, and that he did not see himself broadcasting into his 60s.
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Chris Berman continued to host MNF when ESPN got the rights in 2006.
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Chris Berman was a season ticket holder for the Hartford Whalers and was a strong supporter of the team's staying in Connecticut.
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Chris Berman occasionally makes reference to the team, sometimes even by humming the team's theme song, "Brass Bonanza".
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Chris Berman has become a strong backer of the Buffalo Bills in recent years.
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Chris Berman signed a new contract in January 2017 for a reduced schedule, but remains at ESPN.
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On October 29,2018, Chris Berman served as the on-field emcee for Thurman Thomas's number retirement ceremony.
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In May 2019, Chris Berman called a three-game series for the Boston Red Sox Radio Network alongside longtime Red Sox broadcaster Joe Castiglione.
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Chris Berman signed a multiyear contract with ESPN in May 2021 to continue to host NFL PrimeTime.
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Chris Berman is well known for his various catchphrases and player nicknames.
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Chris Berman adopts the persona of his alter ego, "The Swami," to make predictions on Sunday NFL Countdown.
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Chris Berman's detractors find him overly bombastic - and worse, unfunny.
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Chris Berman appeared in Adam Sandler's 1998 comedy The Waterboy as well as Sandler's The Longest Yard in 2005, playing himself as the play-by-play announcer of the prison football game.
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Chris Berman appeared as himself in Necessary Roughness in 1991, The Program in 1993, Little Big League in 1994, as well as Eddie and Kingpin in 1996.
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Chris Berman appears in Nutrisystem commercials with Don Shula, Dan Marino, Terry Bradshaw, and Mike Golic, using some of his trademark phrases and nicknames to show how much weight they lost.
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Chris Berman appears as the host of SportsCenter in ESPN NFL 2K5; he is an unlockable free agent.
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Chris Berman died in a traffic collision in Woodbury, Connecticut on May 10,2017.
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Katherine Chris Berman was driving drunk when she crashed into the back of another vehicle, killing herself and the other driver.