Chris Berman will stay at ESPN via his fiftieth anniversary with the corporate, together with a job within the community’s Tremendous Bowl protection in 2027, the community introduced Monday.
Berman signed an extension that can carry him via 2029, when he can be the primary ESPN worker to hit the 50-year mark. Berman joined ESPN lower than a month after its September 1979 launch.
ESPN will cowl the Tremendous Bowl on Feb. 14, 2027, from Los Angeles. Berman, as a part of his new deal, will contribute to the protection. It is going to be his forty fifth Tremendous Bowl in numerous roles for the community; he hosted three pregame exhibits for ABC in 2000, 2003 and 2006.
“By no means in my wildest desires may I’ve imagined turning 70 and nonetheless being right here at our community, which way back turned an icon of sports activities broadcasting,” Berman stated in an announcement launched by ESPN. “We’re closing in on our very first Tremendous Bowl, and now I will be a part of that, too.”
“For a outstanding half-century, Chris has embodied ESPN along with his good and entertaining type,” ESPN chairman Jimmy Pitaro stated. “Boomer’s enjoyment of sports activities jumps via the display and generations of followers have liked being alongside for the journey.
“ESPN has been so lucky to have Chris making us higher for many years and I’m delighted that can proceed past our fiftieth anniversary. And no studio broadcaster has meant extra to NFL protection than Chris and to have his presence on our first Tremendous Bowl presentation is each apropos and important.”
Berman hosted ESPN’s Sunday pregame present for 31 years. His tenure on “NFL PrimeTime” has continued with the present on ESPN+ and within the postseason on ESPN. He is additionally a longtime host of “SportsCenter” (beginning with the two:30 a.m. ET version when he was 24 years outdated) and has been a key a part of ESPN’s protection of Main League Baseball (together with 31 All-Star video games and 30 World Sequence) and golf’s main championships.
He is additionally the on-site host of the Professional Soccer Corridor of Fame enshrinement ceremony, which he has finished since 1979. His sixteenth film function, as a part of Completely satisfied Gilmore 2, might be out later this summer season.
Berman, who turned 70 on Could 10, stated, “It’s mind-blowing to suppose that I now have the chance and luck to work right here for 50 years, which might be two-thirds of my total life!”
