Leonard Berman (born June 14, 1947) is an American television sportscaster and journalist who is based in New York City.
[1] Berman is widely known for his television career with NBC, specifically his work for the network's flagship station WNBC-TV.
He also worked at HBO Sports covering boxing, college basketball and a weekly baseball show Race for the Pennant from 1978 to 1981.
On March 1, 2012, Berman hosted a segment on the 10 o'clock news evening sports report on WNYW—Fox 5—in New York City.
On October 20, 2017, Berman announced during a broadcast that Todd Schnitt was no longer working at the station because he could not come to terms on a contract.
Following the announcement, the station showed taped goodbye and good luck messages from Matt Lauer, Al Roker, and Brian Williams.
[citation needed] One popular monthly feature Berman responsible for is Spanning the World which aired on WNBC-TV's newscasts and The Today Show.
[4] Spanning is a reel of odd and interesting sports highlights from the past month, with a recorded introduction and closing by Don Pardo.