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In Appreciation of Chet Simmons

For the record, the global sports fan does not have Chet Simmons to thank for the founding of ESPN. That honor belongs to a local Connecticut businessman named Bill Rasmussen.For good or bad, the Worldwide Leader we know today likely would not exist without the guiding hands of Simmons at its launch 31 years ago.Simmons,...

YouTube Film Session: Brandon Marshall

Move over, Jaws. There's a new breakdown team in town. YouTube Film Session features the finest in amateur film parsing this side of the internet. Mindful of both X's and O's, and Jimmies and Joes.Brandon Marshall's 51-yard touchdown grab was filthy. That's why you've seen it a million times between SportsCenter, NFL Live...

ESPN Has to Bring Back NFL Primetime

This past Sunday, as has been the case every single NFL Sunday since ESPN changed its programming, I felt a void from the time the last afternoon game ended until the Sunday night game began. I still fondly look back on my teenage years to early Sunday evening, when I'd tune to ESPN for NFL Primetime. Sure, the NFL Network...

Chris Berman: Acquiring NFL Rights Showed ESPN 'We Did It'

BRISTOL, Conn. -- When a father-and-son team here in Bristol got the bright idea 30 years ago to start a cable TV channel that showed nothing but sports, most people thought it was ridiculous."People did laugh at us," recalls ESPN President George Bodenheimer. "We were a joke in 1979 and 1980." But no one is laughing now,...

Chris Berman, Bob Ley on ESPN at 30

BRISTOL, Conn. -- ESPN is just days away from celebrating its 30th anniversary, and it goes without saying that the once-derided idea of a 24-hour cable channel devoted exclusively to sports has been a success.But does ESPN's greatest success come from its ability to entertain, or to enlighten? Chris Berman and Bob Ley,...

ChrisBerman News From the Web

05/15/12 Those Indians And Their Halos â KSK Kontent... Source: Kissing Suzy Kolber Some effective Native American trolling by this guy dressing up as the Redskins logo.
05/11/12 Breaking Brad: Pelini's $7 wardrobe Source: Omaha World-Herald - Omaha NE Brad Dickson's humor column, "Breaking Brad" appears daily on Omaha.com and in The World-Herald. *
05/06/12 Bobcats' ineptitude wipes 76ers from record book Source: Reading Eagle - Reading PA The Sixers' current marketing campaign celebrates the franchise for having the third-most playoff wins and third-most playoff appearances in NBA history.
05/02/12 PFT: Saints' Vilma suspended for season Source: MSNBC For the first time ever, the NFL attempted to put an end to the habit of undermining the drama of the Commissioner walking to the podium at Radio City Music Hall and announcing each of the various first-round picks.
04/27/12 Jon Gruden's This Guy Challenge: Dance For Me Foles Source: CBS - WBZ-TV - Boston MA The NFL kicked off the first round of the draft on Thursday night and Jon Gruden was there to cover it along with Chris Berman.