Chris Berman earns Disney Legend distinction
Longtime sportscaster Chris Berman will be given the ultimate honor from ESPN's parent company by being named a Disney Legend.
Longtime sportscaster Chris Berman will be given the ultimate honor from ESPN's parent company by being named a Disney Legend.
ESPN's Chris Berman believes the NFL would already have an 18-game regular season if it weren't for Damar Hamlin's scary episode in 2023.
"I’m just so proud of what we’ve been from Day 1 to getting a Super Bowl."
"Chest will be out for all of us"
ESPN will stage "The Handoff," a 24-hour event at SoFi Stadium and Disneyland beginning Feb. 8 to preview its first Super Bowl broadcast in 2027.
But the decisions to go for it made sense.
"I didn't want Chris to disappear, and I thought he was disappearing. And he meant too much to the place."
"YOU COULD! GO! ALL! THE! WAY!"
"I get sacked, and my butt comes out. I feel a draft, and it's freezing cold."
"I can't believe I'm telling you this. It's been my life dream. But I'm gonna have to turn it down."
"I'm in. If they'll have me"
"I can't have you on opposite us, we need people to watch us."
"Never in my wildest dreams could I have imagined turning 70 and still being here at our network."
"I'm just going old school. And I'm gonna leave a lot of people out."
"One of the wackiest scenarios we've seen from one of the wildest hours of football."
"He had the trust of every viewer and the admiration of all his peers."
"Not on the red line, he's on the goal line!"
"The big fella still rumblin', stumblin', bumblin.'"
Berman's colorful player nicknames and exuberant calls have been a staple of ESPN shows for decades.
" One of the goals I had, boy, if I could be be Brent, that'd be pretty cool."
"At 30 years old my goal was to be in the business 50 years, who knew in one place."