Tag: Matthew Berry

Croucher will join newly acquired NBC host Matthew Berry for Fantasy Football Happy Hour and Fantasy Football Pregame.

"I mean, it's Football Night in America," Berry perked up. "It's the second-highest rated show, not sports show, the second-highest rated show in all of television. Second only to the actual game itself."

“I have an entrepreneurial spirit…I wanted to continue my Fantasy Life stuff. I wanted to be able to keep doing that and building those businesses,” said Berry.

After the departure of Matthew Berry to NBC, ESPN has locked down fantasy expert Field Yates with a new contract to remain in Bristol.

This is truly a full circle moment for me,” said Berry, who served as a fantasy football expert at NBC Sports’ Rotoworld from 1999-2004.

Berry is expected to host a daily podcast and have his own Sunday fantasy football show.

" I don’t understand ESPN letting the biggest name (by far) in the fantasy football business walk away," wrote King, "and I probably never will."

"Were there a couple of things thru the years that Matthew wanted to do that Matthew didn't get to do? Absolutely," said Miller. "But he stayed. He understands that. He's a practicing adult. He knows that he's not going to win or get everything he wants."

"Marchand writes that there is no formal agreement as of yet and the network declined to comment."

"When I came to the company in 2007, fantasy football was a niche of a niche and ESPN was way behind the market leader. And now, many years later, I am so incredibly proud of all the work we have done together to bring fantasy football into the mainstream and specifically, make ESPN the leading game and content destination for fantasy players".