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Chris Berman Says NBC Offered To Triple His Salary In 1989 to Leave ESPN
"(NBC) put an offer out there that was times three or four, which -- ok -- that took a while to get resolved."
Chris Berman: NFL Primetime ‘High On My Professional Tombstone’
“I talked to Jimmy Pitaro 3-4 years ago. I said if you could convince the league to bring it back, I’ll come back."
Michael Irvin Recalls Sealing His ESPN Deal With a Super Bowl Rings Stunt
‘Hey one last thing: you will never have to worry about someone calling us out saying we don’t have any rings again’ — and then I threw all of mine on the table like they were dice and walked out.”
Matthew Berry: Chris Berman Didn’t Want Fantasy Football on Shows He Was Hosting
Chris Berman built that place, he built NFL Primetime, he build Sunday NFL Countdown, Monday Night Countdown, who am I, some dumb kid, to say what should or should not be on those shows?
Michael Lombardi: Chris Berman’s Impact at ESPN Is Part Of Football History
“Bill has a great sense of history for the game, and Boomer’s impact at that station was clearly a part of the history of the game. Let’s face it.”
Chris Berman Reflects on Early ESPN Days
"I came in to observe October 1st. I come in on October 2nd, and I go, ‘where’s Wayne?’ And they were like, ‘oh no, he just did one show so you can see how it’s done, you’re on tonight.’ I was on October 2nd, 1979."
Chris Berman & Trey Wingo Thought The NFL Draft Would Fail In Primetime
“I was like this is the stupidest thing I have ever heard. I can’t believe they are going to try to compete against primetime television."
Chris Berman and Tom Jackson Reunite on ESPN
After numerous layoffs and program restructuring during the course of the last 12 months, the face of ESPN and their NFL coverage since 1987,...
Replacing Iconic Shows Is a Very Tall Order
"Replacing Francesa is a tall order. He's arguably the most successful sports radio host to ever work in New York City."
This Fire Is Out of Control and ESPN Can’t Put It Out
I fully intended to avoid writing about this topic because I've grown increasingly tired of the whole political-sports media dance. But then a whole...