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) is a sportscaster, who anchors SportsCenter, Monday Night Countdown, Sunday NFL Countdown, Baseball Tonight, U.S. Open golf, and other programming on ESPN. He joined ESPN a month after its founding and has been with the network since. He is well known for his various catch-phrases such as "Back, Back, Back, GONE!" and "He Could Go All The Way" and player nicknames. 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 are long time residents of Cheshire, Connecticut.

Honors

• 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.

See also

• You're with me, leather

External links

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

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