Chris Berman

Chris Berman
Born	(1955-05-10) May 10, 1955 Greenwich, Connecticut, USA
Occupation	Sportscaster
Website	Chris Berman at ESPN

Christopher ("Boomer") James Berman (born May 10, 1955, in Greenwich, Connecticut, brought up in Cheshire, Connecticut) is a sportscaster, who anchors SportsCenter, Monday Night Countdown, Sunday NFL Countdown, Baseball Tonight, U.S. Open golf, and other programming on ESPN. He attended Brown University and graduated in 1977. He joined ESPN a month after its founding and has been with the network since. He is well known for his various catch-phrases and player nicknames. Some of his well-known catch-phrases include: Curtis "My Favorite" Martin, Mike "You're in Good Hands with" Alstott, Eric "Sleeping with" Bienemy, Joseph "Live and Let" Addai, Ben "Winter" Coates, Ricky Proehl "Shampoo", and Andre "Bad Moon" Rison. Berman also goes by his alter ego, "The Swami," when making prognostications on Sunday NFL Countdown. He is the new host of Monday Night Countdown, replacing previous host Stuart Scott. He also has appeared on ESPN football video games. Berman and his family live in Cheshire, Connecticut. [1] He is an avid fan of the Buffalo Bills, and is reported to have a very close friendship with former Bills Quarterback Jim Kelly.

Honors

Berman embraces Jerome Bettis at Super Bowl XL media day, as Ben Roethlisberger signs autographs.

• National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association National Sportscaster of the Year (1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1996, 2001)
• American Sportscasters Association Sportscaster of the Year (1995 through 1997)
• The Cable Guide Best Cable Sportscaster 1987, 1988, 1990
• 1997 "TV's Most Fascinating Stars" from People
• 2001 Maxwell Football Club's Reds Bagnell Award
• 2007 Honorary Degree Brown University. Mr. Berman is a member of the class of 1977 and received an honorary degree as part of the 239th Commencement Ceremonies.

In other media

• Berman lent his voice to the videogame ESPN NFL 2K5 and hosts the pregame show. As a hidden feature, Berman appears as a free agent quarterback in season mode, and also has his own team in the game, the Bristol Swamis, named after Bristol, Connecticut, where ESPN headquarters are located and his nickname, "the Swami".
• Berman appeared in the remake of The Longest Yard with Adam Sandler in 2005. He played himself as the play-by-play announcer of prison football game. Berman also appeared as himself in Necessary Roughness in 1991, Little Big League in 1994, and Eddie and Kingpin in 1996, as well as the 1995 Hootie and the Blowfish video for the single, "Only Wanna Be With You."
• Berman has cameoed on various episodes of Even Stevens as a SportsCenter anchor.
• During a segment of the "Chase the cheese" event on an episode of Sesame Street, Berman voiced the sports announcer.
• Recently a video of Berman from an un-aired 2000 Monday Night Football segment surfaced on YouTube, featuring an angry Berman launching a tirade at crew 'moving' around camera as he attempts to record a show. [2]. Since then more un-aired videos of Berman have appeared, including the anchor making small talk and flirting with an ESPN employee, and a compilation of Berman swearing. [3]. In another released clip, Berman talks about how to smuggle Canadian over-the-counter codeine into the United States. Berman calls Al Michaels a "fuck head." [4].

See also

• You're with me, leather

External links

• Chris Berman's bio at ABCSports.com
• Chris Berman at IMDb

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