Biography

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Chris Berman is best known for his signature delivery of highlights of every sport, most notably on NFL Sundays. 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. With his trademark combination of genuine enthusiasm, knowledge and wit, he has come to embody ESPN in its dedication to entertaining and informing sports fans across the country. He is best known for his signature delivery of highlights of every sport, most notably on NFL Sundays.

Chris Berman was raised in Cheshire, Connecticut. He attended the Hackley School and Brown University and majored in History, from which he graduated in 1977. In 1970 Chris was confirmed at Congregation Emanu-El of Westchester.

Chris 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 his, "Back-back-back-back" comes from Red Barber. Some of his well-known nicknames include: The "Well Dressed" Amani Toomer, Steve (Rainbow) Trout, Kevin (Smallmouth) Bass, Dwight (Johnny B.) Gooden, Tom (Leave it to) Seaver, Curtis "My Favorite" Martin, Mike "You're in Good Hands with" Alstott, Bert "Be Home" Blyleven, Eric "Sleeping with" Bienemy, Kyle "I shoulda been a bowler" Boller, Joseph "Live and Let" Addai, Ben "Winter" Coates, Ricky Proehl "Shampoo", Jake "daylight come and you gotta" Delhomme, Andre "Bad Moon" Rison, Albert "Winnie the" Pujols, Mark "Yellow Rose of" Teixeira, Jason "You Can't Always Get What" Avant, Rafael "Emerson, Lake and" Palmeiro, John "All in all it's just another brick in the" Vanderwal, and Danny "Erie" Kanell.

Chris 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. 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, hence the name.

Chris 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."

Chris Berman appeared in the remake of The Longest Yard with Adam Sandler in 2005. He played himself as the play-by-play announcer of the 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."

Chris 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.

Chris Berman had a cameo appearance in the MTV animated series Clone High. He, along with Dan Patrick provided commentary for the school's basketball game until he was eaten at the end of the episode by the rival school's mascot.

Chris Berman appears in Nutrisystem commercials with Don Shula, Dan Marino, and Mike Golic using some of his trademark phrases and nicknames who show how much weight they lost.

Chris Berman currently lives with his family in Cheshire, Connecticut.

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