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Cris Berman - FWIW
Cris Berman like him or not lives as high on the hog of a life as any athlete or celebrity in the US and maybe the world. What do you think his recent contract called for, somewhere between $600K and $1M. However without a doubt besides making excellent cash for going to ball games he has clauses in his contract where he stays at the best hotels, eats in the finest restaurants and has his own pick of what events he wants to do. All his expenses paid for by ESPN. He is treated like royalty everywhere he goes and is without a doubt top dog at ESPN when it comes to on air commentary talent..Basically he lives a life where price tags have no meaning.
Not to mention he paid his dues back when by first graduating from Brown with a degree in history. Graduating from an Ivy League school that is not easy to get into never mind graduate from is not a common addition to many resumes in the sports world.
After graduating Boomer 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 ESP N's longest-tenured employees.
Boomer like it or not put ESPN on the map back in the late 70s and early 80s with his offbeat style of broadcasting games regardless of the sport save maybe golf Berman became part of the event with his trademark catch-phrases and player nicknames. His rendition of, "He could...go...all...the...way!" when a football player breaks loose with the ball is borrowed from Howard Cosell, while another of his famous calls, "Back-back-back-back" comes from Red Barber. Still most people credit Berman for them.
These calls are 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: "Whoooop!" during Sports-center highlights when a player makes a quick move or causes someone to miss or make a mistake is also a Sports-center trademark.
Berman 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"). Berman also goes by his alter ego, "The Swami," when making prognostications on Sunday NFL Countdown.
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."
Career time-line:
1979–present: Sports-Center anchor (occasionally since 1990)[2]
1985–present: Sunday NFL Countdown host
1985–present: NFL Draft host
1986–present: U.S. Open Nightly Show host
1987–2005: NFL Prime-time host
1987–2005: Sunday Night Football halftime host
1990–present: MLB on ESPN Play-by-Play (selected games)
1986–present: Home Run Derby Play-by-Play
1996–1999, 2006–present, and during NFL playoff between 1998 to 2005: Monday Night Football halftime host
2003–present: U.S. Open host
2003–2004: NHL on ESPN and NHL on ABC studio co-host (Stanley Cup Finals)
2006–present: Monday Night Countdown host
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)
CableACE Award Best Cable Sportscaster 1987, 1988, 1990
1997 "TV's Most Fascinating Stars" from People
2001 Maxwell Football Club's Reds Bagnell Award
2009 Presented Bills owner Ralph C. Wilson Jr. into the Pro Football Hall of Fame
Received star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on May 24, 2010
Received the Pete Rozelle Radio-Television Award on July 12, 2010
So basically he has had one of the best jobs in Television for over 30 years. Reportedly his net worth is $12M which after taxes pretty much proves he doesn't have to pay for much when on the road for ESPN/ABC.
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.
I know there are some You Tube videos (now deleted by You Tube but still around the Internet) filmed in the year 2000 of Berman flirting with co-worker women during commercial breaks and using some foul language when describing the quality of play by a few players (Mark Brunel for one) and remarking same shit every week, caused a stink at the time.
When asked about the videos in 2008, Berman replied (he never denied saying the remarks) - "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."
Hell he was right, some of these MNF games can be real pieces of crap. According to people who work with Boomer the off air videos are now nearly a decade old and do not reflect his typical workplace demeanor, his relationships with co-workers, nor the contributions he has made to ESPN over many years. Chris has a tremendous connection with sports fans and his body of work should not be judged by a few minutes of unguarded language uttered years ago.
I am not his biggest fan but all things considered IMO he has been good for ESPN and it's audience far more than he has been a detriment to an occupation that should include a sense of humor at times..
Some Posters love to complain about him but I don't have a problem with the Boomer and am glad he is still working the biggest and even the dopey events like Home Run Derby to this day.
Just my 2 cents, wil.
Cris Berman like him or not lives as high on the hog of a life as any athlete or celebrity in the US and maybe the world. What do you think his recent contract called for, somewhere between $600K and $1M. However without a doubt besides making excellent cash for going to ball games he has clauses in his contract where he stays at the best hotels, eats in the finest restaurants and has his own pick of what events he wants to do. All his expenses paid for by ESPN. He is treated like royalty everywhere he goes and is without a doubt top dog at ESPN when it comes to on air commentary talent..Basically he lives a life where price tags have no meaning.
Not to mention he paid his dues back when by first graduating from Brown with a degree in history. Graduating from an Ivy League school that is not easy to get into never mind graduate from is not a common addition to many resumes in the sports world.
After graduating Boomer 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 ESP N's longest-tenured employees.
Boomer like it or not put ESPN on the map back in the late 70s and early 80s with his offbeat style of broadcasting games regardless of the sport save maybe golf Berman became part of the event with his trademark catch-phrases and player nicknames. His rendition of, "He could...go...all...the...way!" when a football player breaks loose with the ball is borrowed from Howard Cosell, while another of his famous calls, "Back-back-back-back" comes from Red Barber. Still most people credit Berman for them.
These calls are 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: "Whoooop!" during Sports-center highlights when a player makes a quick move or causes someone to miss or make a mistake is also a Sports-center trademark.
Berman 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"). Berman also goes by his alter ego, "The Swami," when making prognostications on Sunday NFL Countdown.
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."
Career time-line:
1979–present: Sports-Center anchor (occasionally since 1990)[2]
1985–present: Sunday NFL Countdown host
1985–present: NFL Draft host
1986–present: U.S. Open Nightly Show host
1987–2005: NFL Prime-time host
1987–2005: Sunday Night Football halftime host
1990–present: MLB on ESPN Play-by-Play (selected games)
1986–present: Home Run Derby Play-by-Play
1996–1999, 2006–present, and during NFL playoff between 1998 to 2005: Monday Night Football halftime host
2003–present: U.S. Open host
2003–2004: NHL on ESPN and NHL on ABC studio co-host (Stanley Cup Finals)
2006–present: Monday Night Countdown host
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)
CableACE Award Best Cable Sportscaster 1987, 1988, 1990
1997 "TV's Most Fascinating Stars" from People
2001 Maxwell Football Club's Reds Bagnell Award
2009 Presented Bills owner Ralph C. Wilson Jr. into the Pro Football Hall of Fame
Received star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on May 24, 2010
Received the Pete Rozelle Radio-Television Award on July 12, 2010
So basically he has had one of the best jobs in Television for over 30 years. Reportedly his net worth is $12M which after taxes pretty much proves he doesn't have to pay for much when on the road for ESPN/ABC.
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.
I know there are some You Tube videos (now deleted by You Tube but still around the Internet) filmed in the year 2000 of Berman flirting with co-worker women during commercial breaks and using some foul language when describing the quality of play by a few players (Mark Brunel for one) and remarking same shit every week, caused a stink at the time.
When asked about the videos in 2008, Berman replied (he never denied saying the remarks) - "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."
Hell he was right, some of these MNF games can be real pieces of crap. According to people who work with Boomer the off air videos are now nearly a decade old and do not reflect his typical workplace demeanor, his relationships with co-workers, nor the contributions he has made to ESPN over many years. Chris has a tremendous connection with sports fans and his body of work should not be judged by a few minutes of unguarded language uttered years ago.
I am not his biggest fan but all things considered IMO he has been good for ESPN and it's audience far more than he has been a detriment to an occupation that should include a sense of humor at times..
Some Posters love to complain about him but I don't have a problem with the Boomer and am glad he is still working the biggest and even the dopey events like Home Run Derby to this day.
Just my 2 cents, wil.
