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Christopher James Berman (born May 10, 1955), nicknamed "Boomer", is an American sportscaster. He 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.
May 11, 2017 · Legendary ESPN broadcaster Chris Berman and his two children are thanking friends, colleagues and sports fans worldwide for the outpouring of love and condolences in the wake of the sudden death...
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May 10, 2021 · Chris Berman will continue to host NFL PrimeTime after agreeing to a new contract with ESPN. The multiyear agreement was announced on Berman's 66th birthday Monday.
May 10, 2021 · Legendary sports commentator and industry innovator Chris Berman has reached a new multi-year agreement with ESPN, it was announced today, on the occasion of Berman’s 66 th birthday, by Norby Williamson, ESPN executive vice president and executive editor.
- Allie Stoneberg
Aug 12, 2021 · Aug 12, 2021. It was a beautiful late September day in Kansas City, temperatures in the high 70s, as a 27-year-old Chris Berman wandered around the Royals Stadium field. He didn’t quite know...
- Chris Vannini
Jan 6, 2017 · Some of the choicest gigs in TV sports are up for grabs now that Chris Berman announced Thursday he's stepping down from his lead anchor roles on ESPN's NFL studio programming, the NFL Draft and...
In October 1979 – one month after its inception – ESPN hired a little known 24-year-old sports anchor named Chris Berman. For more than four decades, Berman has become one of America’s most respected, popular, and in many ways, most beloved sportscasters of his era.
