Chris Berman

He has also anchored Monday Night Countdown, U.S. Open golf, the Stanley Cup Finals, and other programming on ESPN and ABC Sports.

Berman calls play-by-play of select Major League Baseball games for ESPN, which included the Home Run Derby until 2016.

In January 2017, ESPN announced that Berman would be stepping down from several NFL-related roles at the network, but would remain at the company.

From 1988 to 1989, he hosted ESPN's first game show, Boardwalk and Baseball's Super Bowl of Sports Trivia.

In April 2010, however, ESPN extended Berman's contract for an undisclosed period of time, only noting that it was a multi-year deal.

[13] Between 1995 and 2006, Berman hosted Monday Night Football as well as live coverage of three Super Bowls for ABC Sports.

Berman was a season ticket holder for the Hartford Whalers and was a strong supporter of the team's staying in Connecticut.

On October 29, 2018, Berman served as the on-field emcee for Thurman Thomas's number retirement ceremony.

[16] In addition, they have also hosted the "fastest three minutes" segments on the Monday Night Football halftime show.

[17] Berman adopts the persona of his alter ego, "The Swami," to make predictions on Sunday NFL Countdown.

For seven consecutive years "The Swami" predicted a Super Bowl between the San Francisco 49ers and the Buffalo Bills, one or the other – but never both – making it during that span.

A 1990 Sports Illustrated feature article cited traits that struck a chord with his TV audience: playfulness, humor, and a Fred Flintstone-like persona.

Berman also appeared as himself in Necessary Roughness in 1991, The Program in 1993 (though was a little out of place doing college football), Little Big League in 1994, as well as Eddie and Kingpin in 1996.

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

Berman sings "Walking on a Thin Line" with Huey Lewis and the News on stage
Berman speaks at Brown University before receiving his honorary degree in 2007