Last week I noted that ESPN's Chris Berman had gone on a profane tirade eight years ago, and that the video was just surfacing now. And now we've learned of another profane Berman video, which you don't want to watch at work or with kids around:
After the jump, yet another video that has been posted to YouTube in an effort to embarrass Berman.
In that one Berman is talking about a bottle of wine he apparently gave an ESPN production employee as a gift, although the person who posted the video to YouTube clearly doesn't appreciate Berman's generosity, as the comment posted along with the video is, "Chris Berman again shows why he is so obnoxious and is disliked by so many."
So why are these apparently eight-year-old videos surfacing now? My best guess is that an ESPN employee who dislikes Berman just found them. But whatever the explanation, they provide an amusing behind-the-scenes look at the Boomer, and I hope there are more of them.
Hat tip to Sports by Brooks.
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More Profanity From ESPN's Chris Berman
Posted Feb 9th 2008 4:38AM by Michael David Smith
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2-09-2008 @ 5:26AM
bobby said...
Chris is A good Guy I think someone is trying to get him fired
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2-09-2008 @ 5:44AM
Dave said...
You can tell that was not his real voice they are trying to set him up and frame him http://www.howtomakemoneyoncraigslist.com
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2-09-2008 @ 9:52PM
matt said...
Seriously funny stuff. I always thought that he would be fun to hang with and this clinches it. I wonder who would drop more f bombs if him and "Be home Blyleven" were drinking together. I hope we get to see more of these too
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2-10-2008 @ 11:55AM
blake said...
That's a guy who will be in trouble before long. His foul mouth along with his drinking problem will see him blasting off when he knows the camera is on. He obviously isn't smart enough to realize that many others before him have gone down for sexual harrassment charges for way less than what he put out here. He's as stupid as I thought.
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2-10-2008 @ 7:07PM
chilidog said...
I sincerely hope they find out who leak those videos so Chris can tell them "bac,bac,bac" right out the ESPN door.
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2-10-2008 @ 10:51PM
matt said...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjyKHGew0FI&feature=related
the Be home Blyleven clip I mentioned earlier
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2-11-2008 @ 6:53AM
mike smith said...
All this, and sexual harassment too? Not only does he take codeine and drink beer on the set, he also chases female co-workers. He's a foul-mouthed, drooling idiot. He's smug, and on top of all that, all but told her his gift was cheap. What a loser, I hope these videos get him fired.
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2-11-2008 @ 7:13AM
Phil Farris said...
Chris Berman is the most original and interesting man in sports television. Tom Jackson and Chris are the best sports television team ever. Chris is the best in the business, so he cusses off camera.
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2-11-2008 @ 1:30PM
scott said...
Chris Burman made ESPN....He's been there since the begining and probably has a part of the company.
You can't tell me that anyone in there own job doesn't do the same thing. He's clean on the air and thats all that matters!!
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2-11-2008 @ 4:47PM
James said...
Umm...so? Last I checked, he's a grown man. If he decides to swear in his time off-camera, then why is it out problem?
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2-11-2008 @ 6:16PM
Tom said...
I think Chris Berman is a hoot. Geez. It's sports. He's just another character in the game of life.
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2-12-2008 @ 10:15AM
jesse said...
Yeah Blake i agree he is definetly "isnt smart" and he "will be in trouble before long" , thats why he has had that job on lock for over thirty years.
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2-12-2008 @ 12:20PM
JAMES CALLAHAN said...
chris berman is a loudmouth he thinks all fans are stupid it seems he needs to explain every little thing that happens on the field even when a guy is going back to the bench he has to tell you why i hit the mute button more often than not or just turn the game off when he is on
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2-12-2008 @ 4:11PM
TTambis said...
Priceless. It's like watching America's Funniest(Sports Broadcaster's)Videos!!! YouTube is, at times, one big blooper reel. The person who released the video broke television's most precious unwritten rule. Don't sweat the 'lynch mob' Boomer. Like Bobby Vinton sang " To Know,Know,Know you...." Here's to 30 more years! Cheers.
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2-12-2008 @ 6:21PM
bill said...
i like chris berman he made espn why dont they laeve him alone and let him do his job i enjoy watching him
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2-12-2008 @ 7:12PM
Tari said...
Cliff you're the puke head who can't type, or spell.
Chris has a great sense of humor and he's real behind the scenes. To those of you holier-than-thou morons, go to a bible lesson or something. You bore me.
Tari
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2-12-2008 @ 8:05PM
Cliff said...
Chris Berman sucks ! Thats the truth, he has a puke head personality, i change the challel when ever i dsee him, he makes me sick...
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2-18-2008 @ 9:43PM
billyboy said...
ESPN, ABC and Disney Corporation should take a lesson from Corporate America---sensitivity training required for all employees, not just to take, but to follow in all aspects of the workplace.
No Corporation these days would stand for any employee, manager or Director speaking the way Dana Jacobson or Chris Berman have. Dana was still in an ESPN capacity at that "roast" of two fellow ESPN employees and Berman obviously was on the clock when speaking the way he did.
Both of them, foul, out of bounds, not allowed and when said the wrong way to the wrong people are walking lawsuits. I cant believe ESPN settles for this behaviour, when the rest of their listening audience Companies do not.
I tend to think this type of talk also leads to racist comments as well when they think no one is looking or listening. Berman and Jacobson would do well to assume all near them the rest of their lives is recording and taping since their Employer seems to encourage this kind of behaviour.
Thank god for You Tube and Deadspin to keep us all honest and knowing of those who are not.
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