Len Berman

Len Berman
Born	Leonard Berman (1947-06-14) June 14, 1947 Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Education	Stuyvesant High School, New York, New York Syracuse University
Occupation	television journalist
Agent	IMG
Notable credit(s)	WNBC-TV Sports-Anchor News 4 NY (1982–2009)
Salary	$1 million ^[1]
Religion	Jewish
Spouse(s)	Jill Berman (m. 1971)
Children	3
Website	http://www.lenbermansports.com

Leonard "Len" Berman (born June 14, 1947) is an American television sportscaster and journalist who is based in New York City. He is currently hosting the morning show on WOR-AM with Todd Schnitt.^[2]

Berman is widely known for his career with NBC, specifically his work for the network's flagship station WNBC-TV. Berman spent twenty-seven years as the lead sports anchor for WNBC and also worked for NBC Sports covering Major League Baseball and the National Football League. He was employed by WNBC until 2009, and prior to that worked for WCBS-TV in New York from April 1979 through August 1982 and WBZ-TV in Boston.

Early life

Despite having a very neutral viewpoint when reporting the sports in New York, he grew up an avid New York Yankees fan. He is also partial to Big East basketball, having graduated from Syracuse University and serving as an advisor to that school and to St. John's University. Berman's Big East connections also include several years of calling the conference's basketball games for ESPN and in syndication for the Big East Network.

Career

At the end of WNBC's 11 p.m. newscast on Wednesday April 22, 2009, following taped messages of goodbye and good luck from Matt Lauer, Al Roker, and Brian Williams, Berman announced that it was his last sportscast. He was given a cake with best wishes from his colleagues, including Chuck Scarborough and Sue Simmons.

On March 1, 2012, Len hosted a segment on the 10 o'clock news evening sports report on WNYW - Fox 5 - in New York City. He presented his top 5 most interesting sports stories of the week prior.

While Berman's immediate future for television is unknown, sources say he might make periodic appearances on the Today Show.^[3] Currently, he is working on his latest project, Len Berman Sports, an online blog which recounts Len's top 5 most interesting sports stories of the day. Since March 2015 Berman co-hosts "Len and Todd in the Morning" from 6:00-10:00am on WOR-AM.

Spanning the World

One popular monthly feature Berman is responsible for is Spanning the World, which aired on WNBC's newscasts and The Today Show. Spanning is a reel of odd and interesting sports highlights from the past month, with a recorded introduction and closing by Don Pardo. When the segment begins, the world is torn in two and the sound of a rooster crowing is played. When the segment ends, the world goes back to its "pre-torn" state, with the same rooster sound, and announcer Don Pardo says "Tune in next time for 'Spanning the World'", If there Is a next time. I'm Don Pardo." In his last WNBC broadcast, Berman mentioned the segment would continue on The Today Show. Berman would occasionally do a version of the segment for WNBC titled "Spanning the Week" which would review odd and interesting stories from the past week. A common catch phrase from the segment is "And nobody got hurt!" which would be said by Berman after a clip featuring some sort of accident which might have caused injury.

The NFL on NBC

From 1982 to part of the 1984, Berman also hosted The NFL on NBC Pregame Show, then known as NFL (insert year) until he was supplanted by Bob Costas. During the early weeks of the 1988 NFL season, Berman served as the host of what was, by this time, called NFL Live! while regular host Costas was hosting NBC's coverage of the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.

Live at Five

In 2005, he was one of a handful of rotating co-anchors with Sue Simmons on Live at Five after Jim Rosenfield left for WCBS-TV.

Berman's Blog

Since August 2008, Len has kept a blog and daily newsletter at LenBermanSports.com, using the form to continue his type of humor and whimsical sports stories.^[4]

Books written by Berman

Len has written four books: Spanning the World and three kids books, And Nobody Got Hurt! (Volume I and II), The Greatest Moments in Sports (New York Times Bestseller), and The 25 Greatest Baseball Players of All Time.

Personal life

Len resides in Port Washington, New York and has a vacation home in Palm Beach, Florida.

References

↑ Famed sports anchor Berman to leave WNBC
↑ http://radioinsight.com/blog/headlines/91674/todd-schnitt-len-berman-take-mornings-at-wor/ Todd Schnitt Len Berman Take Mornings at WOR
↑ Len Berman Sports Online
↑ Blogging Himself To Live

External links

Major League Baseball on NBC

Related
programs

Baseball Night in America (1994–1995)
Major League Baseball: An Inside Look (1979–1989)
Major League Baseball Game of the Week (1957–1964; 1966–1989)
Major League Baseball on NBC Radio (1927–1938; 1957–1975)
Monday Night Baseball (1967–1975)

Misc. programs	Gillette Cavalcade of Sports USA Thursday Game of the Week (1979–1983)

NBC's owned & operated TV stations	W2XBS (later WNBT) (New York Yankees, 1939–1945) WCAU 10 (Philadelphia Phillies, 2014–present) KCST 39 (later KNSD) (San Diego Padres, 1971–1972; 1984–1986) KNTV 11 (San Francisco Giants, 2008–present)

Comcast SportsNet	Bay Area (San Francisco Giants) California (Oakland Athletics) Chicago (Chicago Cubs & White Sox) Philadelphia (Philadelphia Phillies) New York (New York Mets)

Sponsors	Ford Gillette National Bohemian

Commentators

Key figures

Color commentators	Sal Bando Bucky Dent Larry Dierker Don Drysdale Leo Durocher Ken Harrelson Fred Haney Tommy Hutton Jim Kaat Sandy Koufax Tony Kubek Ron Luciano John Lowenstein Mickey Mantle Tim McCarver Joe Morgan Wes Parker Pee Wee Reese Al Rosen Tom Seaver Mike Shannon Joe Torre Bob Uecker Bill Veeck Maury Wills

Guest commentators	Rick Dempsey Barry Larkin Ronald Reagan Mike Schmidt Don Sutton Bobby Valentine

Hosts	Mike Adamle Marv Albert Len Berman Jimmy Cefalo Gayle Gardner Bryant Gumbel Bill Macatee Keith Olbermann Ahmad Rashād Hannah Storm

Field reporters	Johnny Bench Jim Gray Jimmy Roberts Craig Sager Bob Wischusen

Lore

Regular season games	#715 (1974) "The Sandberg Game" (1984)

Tie-breaker games	1951 National League tie-breaker series ("The Shot Heard 'Round the World") 1962 National League tie-breaker series

LCS games	"Go crazy folks!" (1985) Jeffrey Maier (1996) "Grand Slam Single" (1999)

World Series games	Subway Series "The Catch (1954)" Don Larsen's Perfect Game (1956) "Shoe polish incident" (1969) "Fisk Waves it Fair" (1975) Michael Sergio (1986) "It gets through Buckner!" (1986) Kirk Gibson's home run (1988) All-Century Team (1999)

Music

Instrumentals	The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. "Chase" "Don't Turn Away" "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" The Untouchables

World Series

1947 (Games 1 & 5)
1948
1949
1950
1951
1952
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959
1960
1961
1962
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1978
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1982
1984
1986
1988
1995 (Games 2–3, & 6)
1997
1999

AL Championship

1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1977
1979
1981
1983
1985
1987
1989
1995 (Games 3–6)
1996
1998
2000

NL Championship

1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1977
1979
1981
1983
1985
1987
1989
1995 (Games 3–4)
1997
1999

AL Division Series

NL Division Series

All-Star Game

Seasons

Pre-Game of the Week	1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956

Game of the Week era	1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 (All-Star Game and World Series only) 1966 (exclusive coverage begins) 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

The Baseball Network era	1994 1995

No regular season coverage	1996 1997 1998 1999 2000

Super Bowl television announcers

Play-by-play	Jack Buck Joe Buck Dick Enberg Frank Gifford Curt Gowdy Greg Gumbel Al Michaels Jim Nantz Ray Scott Pat Summerall Jack Whitaker

Color commentators	Troy Aikman John Brodie Paul Christman Cris Collinsworth Al DeRogatis Dan Dierdorf Boomer Esiason Frank Gifford Bob Griese Jack Kemp John Madden Paul Maguire Don Meredith Merlin Olsen Kyle Rote Phil Simms Bart Starr Hank Stram Pat Summerall Joe Theismann Bob Trumpy

Commentator pairings by network	ABC CBS Fox NBC

Pregame hosts	Chris Berman Len Berman James Brown Bob Costas Dick Enberg Gayle Gardner Curt Gowdy Bryant Gumbel Greg Gumbel Jim Lampley Lee Leonard Keith Jackson Curt Menefee Al Michaels Brent Musburger Jim Nantz Keith Olbermann Dan Patrick Jack Perkins Ahmad Rashād Jim Simpson Mike Tirico Jack Whitaker

Pregame analysts	Mike Adamle George Allen Pete Axthelm Bill Belichick Brian Billick Terry Bradshaw Charlsie Cantey Cris Collinsworth Bill Cowher Irv Cross Randy Cross Al DeRogatis Donna De Varona Dan Dierdorf Mike Ditka Boomer Esiason Larry Fitzgerald Dan Fouts Phyllis George Joe Gibbs Jerry Glanville Tony Gonzalez Bob Griese John Harbaugh Rodney Harrison Craig James Jimmy Johnson Tom Jackson Jayne Kennedy Tom Landry Howie Long Ronnie Lott Paul Maguire Dan Marino Clay Matthews Don Meredith Joe Montana Joe Namath Pat O'Brien Ahmad Rashād George Ratterman Aaron Rodgers Kyle Rote Deion Sanders Bart Scott Shannon Sharpe Don Shula O. J. Simpson Jimmy Snyder Ken Stabler Roger Staubach Michael Strahan Lynn Swann Fran Tarkenton Joe Theismann Dick Vermeil Hines Ward Sam Wyche Steve Young

Pregame personalities by network	ABC CBS Fox NBC

Sideline reporters	Marv Albert Erin Andrews Jack Arute Bonnie Bernstein John Brodie Tom Brookshier Nick Buoniconti Todd Christensen Irv Cross Len Dawson John Dockery Bill Enis Alex Flanagan Frank Gifford Jim Gray Jim Hill Paul Hornung Charlie Jones Sonny Jurgensen Armen Keteyian Andrea Kremer Suzy Kolber Bill Macatee Bill Maas Will McDonough Chris Myers Pat O'Brien Ron Pitts Sam Ryan Jim Simpson O. J. Simpson Melissa Stark Pat Summerall Lynn Swann Michele Tafoya Steve Tasker Lesley Visser Evan Washburn Jack Whitaker Solomon Wilcots Tracy Wolfson

List of announcers by network	ABC CBS Fox NBC

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 6794467 LCCN: n2004151773

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