Christopher James "Chris" Berman , also known by the nickname Boomer , (born May 10, 1955 in Greenwich, Connecticut) is an American sportscaster. He anchors SportsCenter , Monday Night Countdown , Sunday NFL Countdown , Baseball Tonight , U.S. Open golf, the Stanley Cup Finals and other programming on ESPN and ABC Sports.
Berman was raised in Cheshire, Connecticut. During his childhood he went to Camp Winnebago in Fayette, Maine. In 1970, he attended the Hackley School and Brown University where he majored in History, graduating in 1977.
Berman then moved to WNVR in Waterbury, Connecticut. Berman was eventually hired at Hartford's WVIT-TV to do weekend sports at $23 per shift. He joined ESPN in 1979 a month after its founding and has been with the network since. Along with Bob Ley, he is one of ESPN's longest-tenured employees. Berman, who is generally known to be heavy-set, often jokes that he now uses his original ESPN jacket from 1979 when he was much skinnier. He is the host of Monday Night Countdown , replacing previous host Stuart Scott. In 1988 and 1989, he hosted ESPN's first game show, Boardwalk and Baseball's Super Bowl of Sports Trivia which was taped at the now-defunct Boardwalk and Baseball amusement park in Orlando, Florida.
He is well known for his various catch-phrases and player nicknames. His rendition of, "He could...go...all...the...way!" is borrowed from Howard Cosell, while another of his famous calls, "Back-back-back-back" comes from Red Barber. This strategic and often complicated call is usually screamed by Berman when a baseball is hit a very long way, and is followed by "Gone!" when the ball leaves the field of play. Another catch-phrase: "Whoop!" during highlights when a player makes a quick move or causes someone to miss or make a mistake. He is most known for the use of puns to make nicknames for certain players, i.e. one of his more famous involves former Minnesota Twins starting pitcher Bert Blyleven calling him Bert " Be Home " Blyleven (a pun on the phrase " be home by eleven "). A big fan of the Canadian Football League (CFL), Berman watched their games growing up in Connecticut. He has talked to many people such as former Coach Marv Levy, Joe Theismann, Doug Flutie, Jeff Garcia, Joe Horn, and Trent Green about their participation in that 'other' Pro Football league and often shows CFL highlights and does Grey Cup picks every year as well.
Berman also goes by his alter ego, "The Swami," when making prognostications on Sunday NFL Countdown .
In December 2008 the Associated Press ran a long retrospective on Berman's 30 year career with ESPN. “He is our most important person,” said Norby Williamson, ESPN’s vice president of production. “He is the face of ESPN,” he added. Berman noted that his contract with ESPN expires on his 55th birthday, and that he does not see himself broadcasting into his 60's.
Despite being born in Connecticut, Berman has become a strong backer of the Buffalo Bills in recent years. This sentiment is echoed in Berman's on-air phrase, "No One Circles the Wagons Like the Buffalo Bills."
Berman with his wife Kathy and their family live in Cheshire, Connecticut. In 2007, Berman built a house in Olowalu, Hawaii on the island of Maui. He has vacationed on the island for the past 30 years and is reportedly very fond of the locale and its residents. Some reports also have him moving there permanently after his retirement from ESPN..
In February 2008, videos of Berman on the ABC Monday Night Football set appeared on the video sharing site YouTube. The videos, filmed in 2000, when Berman anchored the MNF halftime show, depicted Berman using off-color language and flirting with a female member of the broadcast crew during commercial breaks. Lines of his included insults on random subjects (including Rudolph and Mark Brunell) and insults on the games, including, "Well, it's the same (bleep)in thing every week. Good Rams, good Colts!" Berman acknowledged the authenticity of the videos, but commented, "Do I wish I didn't say a few things nine years ago? Yes. But if that's the worst thing I ever did, I can live with it."
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