Chris Berman ESPN Fan Mask Cutout MNF Night Football SGA Stadium Give A Way

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NM-Mint copy a Chris Berman ESPN Monday Nigh Football Fan/Mask
NM-Mint copy of a Chris Berman ESPN fan/mask from the October 30, 2006 Monday Night Football (day before Halloween) between the Minnesota Vikings and the New England Patriots.
It actually looks more like a fan with a wooden handle to both fan yourself and/or to put up in front of your face. If you watched the MNF game between the Vikings and the Patriots, then I am sure that you saw a few of these in the stands. With each head cutout a different size, many of these were probably ruined and/or destroyed.
The back of this unique items reads..."IT IT MONDAY YET?", "ESPN MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL", "ESPN DEPORTES", "ESPNHD" and then there is a little Minnesota Vikings insignia along with the complete 2006 Monday Night Football season schedule.
Get this nice looking and unique collectible and hang it up in your memorabilia room.
For the ultimate ESPN, football and/or Chris Berman fan.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia...
Christopher James "Chris" Berman
, also known by the nickname
Boomer
, (born May 10, 1955 in
Greenwich, Connecticut
) is an
American
sportscaster. 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
.
Biography
Early life and education
Berman was raised in
Cheshire
,
Connecticut
. During his childhood he went to Camp Winnebago in Fayette, Maine. In
1970
, he attended the
Hackley School
and
Brown University
where he majored in History, graduating in
1977
.
Career
Berman then moved to
WNVR
in
Waterbury
,
Connecticut
. Berman was eventually hired at Hartford's WVIT-TV to do weekend sports at 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 ESPN's longest-tenured employees. Berman, who is generally known to be
heavy-set
, often jokes that he now uses his original ESPN jacket from 1979 when he was much skinnier. He is the 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
.
He 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 another of his famous calls, "Back-back-back-back" comes from
Red Barber
. This strategic and often complicated call is 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: "Whoop!" during highlights when a player makes a quick move or causes someone to miss or make a mistake. He 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
"). A big fan of the Canadian Football League (CFL), Berman watched their games growing up in Connecticut. He has talked to many people such as former Coach
Marv Levy
,
Joe Theismann
,
Doug Flutie
,
Jeff Garcia
,
Joe Horn
, and
Trent Green
about their participation in that 'other' Pro Football league and often shows CFL highlights and does Grey Cup picks every year as well.
Berman also goes by his
alter ego
, "The
Swami
," when making prognostications on
Sunday NFL Countdown
.
In December 2008 the
Associated Press
ran a long retrospective on Berman's 30 year career with ESPN.
[1]
“He is our most important person,” said Norby Williamson, ESPN’s vice president of production. “He is the face of ESPN,” he added. Berman noted that his contract with ESPN expires on his 55th birthday, and that he does not see himself broadcasting into his 60's.
Despite being born in Connecticut, Berman has become a strong backer of the
Buffalo Bills
in recent years.
[2]
This sentiment is echoed in Berman's on-air phrase, "No One Circles the Wagons Like the Buffalo Bills."
In other media
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."
Berman appeared in
Adam Sandler
's 1998 goofball comedy
The Waterboy
as well as Sandler's
The Longest Yard
in 2005 where 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
."
Berman has cameoed on various episodes of
Even Stevens
as a
SportsCenter
anchor.
Berman appeared in the
ESPN Baseball Tonight
computer game
and
videogame
.
During a segment of the "Chase the Cheese" event on an episode of
Sesame Street
, Berman voiced the sports announcer.
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
.
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.
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
2007 honorary degree from
Brown University
.
2009 Presented
Ralph C. Wilson Jr.
into the
Pro Football Hall of Fame
Career timeline
1979–present:
SportsCenter
anchor (occasionally since 1990)
[
1
]
1985–present:
Sunday NFL Countdown
host
1985–present:
NFL Draft
host
1986–present:
U.S. Open
Nightly Show host
1987–2005:
NFL Primetime
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
Personal
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.
[3]
.
Controversy
In February 2008, videos of Berman on the
ABC
Monday Night Football
set appeared on the video sharing site
YouTube
. The videos, filmed in
2000
, when Berman anchored the
MNF
halftime show, depicted Berman using off-color language and flirting with a female member of the broadcast crew during commercial breaks.
[
2
]
Lines of his included insults on random subjects (including
Rudolph
and
Mark Brunell
) and insults on the games, including, "Well, it's the same (bleep)in thing every week. Good Rams, good Colts!" Berman acknowledged the authenticity of the videos, but commented, "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."
[
3
]
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