Chris Berman

Chris "Boomer" Berman (born May 10, 1955, in Greenwich, Connecticut) is a noted host and anchor of SportsCenter, NFL Primetime, NFL Countdown, Baseball Tonight, and other programming on ESPN.

Catch phrases

• "That's why they play the game."
• "Back back back back back back ... GONE!"
• "He could ... go ... all ... the ... way!" (originally a Howard Cosell phrase)
• "Nobody circles the wagons like the Buffalo Bills!"
• "The New York Football Giants"
• "Da Raid-ahs!"
• "Rumblin', Bumblin', Stumblin'"
• "The frozen tundra of Lambeau Field" - mimicking the voice of NFL Films announcer John Facenda
• "Curtis 'My Favorite' Martin"
• "Well-dressed Amani Toomer"
• "Gary Sheffield of Dreams"
• "Jeff Brown Paper Bagwell"
• "Mike Pepperoni Piazza"
• "George Iced Teague"
• "Josh 'Tears of' McCown"
• "Jake ?Daylight Come and You Gotta Delhomme"
• "Marc 'Ray' Bulger" - a reference to actor Ray Bolger who played the scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz, usually accompanied with a few lines of the scarecrow song"
• "Bert 'Be Home' Blyleven" - This nickname is a favorite of many Major League Baseball players
• "Sammy 'Say It Ain't' Sosa"
• "Nomar 'Mr. Nice Guy' Garciaparra"
• "Marshall Marshall Marshall" - a reference of Brady Bunch Marcia
• "Me And Willie McGee" - reference to Janice Joplin song "Me and Bobby McGee" (words and music by Kris Kristofferson)