Whoop! Berman staying at ESPN through 2029

Chris Berman volition stay astatine ESPN done his 50th day with the company, including a relation successful the network's Super Bowl sum successful 2027, the web announced Monday.

Berman signed an hold that volition transportation him done 2029, erstwhile he'd beryllium the archetypal ESPN worker to deed the 50-year mark. Berman joined ESPN little than a period aft it's September 1979 launch.

ESPN volition screen the Super Bowl connected Feb. 14, 2027 from Los Angeles. Berman, arsenic portion of his caller deal, volition lend to the coverage. It volition beryllium his 45th Super Bowl successful assorted roles for the network; helium hosted 3 pregame shows antecedently for ABC successful 2000, 2003 and 2006.

"Never successful my wildest dreams could I person imagined turning 70 and inactive being present astatine our network, which agelong agone became an icon of sports broadcasting," Berman said successful a connection released by ESPN. "We're closing successful connected our precise archetypal Super Bowl, and present I volition beryllium capable to beryllium portion of that, too."

"For a singular half-century, Chris has embodied ESPN with his astute and entertaining style," said ESPN president Jimmy Pitaro. "Boomer's enjoyment of sports jumps done the surface and generations of fans person loved being on for the ride.

"ESPN has been truthful fortunate to person Chris making america amended for decades and I americium delighted that volition proceed beyond our 50th anniversary. And nary workplace broadcaster has meant much to NFL sum than Chris and to person his beingness connected our archetypal Super Bowl presumption is some apropos and significant."

Berman hosted ESPN's Sunday pregame amusement for 31 years and his tenure connected NFL PrimeTime has continued with the amusement connected ESPN+ and successful the postseason connected ESPN. He's besides a long-time big of SportsCenter (starting with the 2:30 a.m. ET variation erstwhile helium was 24 years old) and has been a cardinal portion of ESPN's sum of Major League Baseball (including 31 All-Star games and 30 World Series) and golf's large championships.

He's besides the on-site big of the Pro Football Hall of Fame enshrinement ceremony, which he's done since 1979. His 16th movie role, arsenic portion of Happy Gilmore 2, volition beryllium retired aboriginal this summer.

"It is mind-blowing to deliberation that I present person the accidental and bully luck to enactment present for 50 years, which would beryllium two-thirds of my full life!," said Berman, who turned 70 connected May 10.