Christopher (Boomer) James Berman (born May 10, 1955, in Greenwich, Connecticut) is a host and anchor of Sports Center, NFL Primetime, Sunday NFL Countdown, Baseball Tonight, U.S. Open golf, and other programming on ESPN. He joined ESPN a month after its founding and has been with the network since. Berman also goes by his alter ego, The Swami when making prognostications on Sunday NFL Countdown. He is currently the highest paid analyst at ESPN.[

Chris Berman, a sportscaster for the American cable network ESPN, has created countless unique nicknames (sometimes called a Bermanism) for professional athletes. This webpage lists many of Berman's more notable creations.

Chris Berman Nicknames

Baseball
	Jeremy "As good as" Affeldt - A play on the saying, "As good as I felt.
	Rick "See ya Later" Aguilera - A play on saying, "See ya later, alligator."
	Mike "Enough" Aldrete - A play on saying "Enough already".
	Luis Alicea "in Wonderland" - A reference to Alice in Wonderland.
	Roberto "Remember the" Alomar - A play on "Remember the Alamo".
	Jesus "Skip to my" Alou - A play on "Skip to my lou".
	Joaquin "the dog" Andujar - A play on "Walking the dog".
	Rich "Protect Your Car with" Amaral - A play on Armor All slogan.
	Tony "Brothers in" Armas - A reference to the song "Brothers in Arms".
	Steve "Ebony and" Avery - A reference to the song "Ebony and Ivory".
	Carlos "One if by Land, Two if by Sea, Three if" Baerga - A play on Old North Church lamp signals.
	Jeff "Brown Paper" Bagwell - A reference to the song "Brown Paper Bag".
	Kevin "Smallmouth" Bass - Smallmouth bass fish (it was reported that Berman's initial name was "Largemouth" (largemouth bass), but that Bass disliked it, so Berman switched to Smallmouth).
	Stan Belinda "Carlisle" - A reference to artist Belinda Carlisle.
	Rafael "Good day at the old" Belliard - A play on "Good day at the old ballyard".
	Andy "the Merchant of" Benes - A play on The Merchant of Venice.
	Lance "You Sunk My" Blankenship - A play on the popular Battleship phrase.
	Bert "Be Home" Blyleven - A play on "be home by eleven"; reportedly a favorite of many Major League Baseball players.
	Barry "U.S." Bonds - A play on rock performer Gary "U.S." Bonds.
	Wade "Cranberry" Boggs - Cranberries are indeed grown in bogs.
	Boof "Bourguignon" Bonser - A play on Bœuf Bourguignon, a French stew.
	Pedro Borbon "street" - A play on Bourbon Street.
	Mike "room and" Bordick - Room and board.
	Greg "Crockoile" Brock - A play on Elton John song from the early 1970's.
	Scott "Supercalifragilisticexpiali" Brosius - A play on the phrase Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious.
	Steve "Head for the Mountains of" Buechele - Busch beer catch phrase.
	Jay "Ferris" Buhner - A play on the movie "Ferris Bueller Days Off".
	Ambiorix "and Crake" Burgos - A play on Oryx and Crake, dystopian novel by Margaret Atwood.
	Ivan "Bubbling" Calderón - Bubbling cauldron.
	"Skim" Melky Cabrera - A play on Skim milk.
	Chuck "Baby you can drive my" Carr - A reference to line from The Beatles' "Drive My Car".
	Mark Carreon "My Wayward Son" - A reference to the Kansas (band) hit "Carry On My Wayward Son".
	Ron "Born in the U.S." Cey - A reference to Bruce Springsteen's song "Born in the U.S.A."
	Royce "a Roni" Clayton - Rice-a-Roni the San Francisco treat.
	Pat "OK" Corrales - A reference to the OK Corral.
	Jesse "Ichabod" Crain - A reference to the main character in Washington Irving's Legend of Sleepy Hollow.
	Jose "can you see" Cruz - A play on first line of The Star Spangled Banner.
	Julio "won't you let me take you on a sea" Cruz - A play on "Sea Cruise".
	Todd "Caribbean" Cruz - A play on "Caribbean Cruise".
	Omar "Barbie" Daal - Barbie Doll.
	Jim "Two Silhouettes on" Deshaies - A play on an oldies song lyric about "two silhouettes on the shade(s)".
	Jermaine "Live and Let" Dye - After the song and James Bond movie Live and Let Die.
	Damion "It don't come" Easley - A reference to the saying "It don't come easy".
	Juan "Re" Encarnación - A play on the word "Reincarnation".
	Cecil Espy "N" - ESPN.
	Rollie "Chicken" Fingers - Chicken fingers.
	Todd "which hand does he" Frohwirth - A play on the phrase "Which hand does he throw with?".
	Andres "the Giant" Gallaraga - A reference to the wrestler Andre the Giant.
	Karim "Of The Crop" Garcia - A play on the expression "Cream of the Crop".
	Nomar "Mr. Nice Guy" Garciaparra - A takeoff of the phrase "No more mister nice guy".
	Dwight "Johnny B." Gooden - A reference to the song by Chuck Berry "Johnny B. Goode".
	Dwight Gooden "Plenty" - A reference to the candy "Good and Plenty".
	Bernard "Innocent until proven" Gilkey - A reference to the phrase "Innocent until proven Guilty".
	Atlee "If I had a" Hammaker - A reference to the song "If I Had a Hammer".
	Von "Purple" Hayes - A play on the Jimi Hendrix classic "Purple Haze".
	Todd "Highway to" Helton - A play on the song "Highway to Hell".
	Dave "Harry and the" Henderson - A reference to the movie "Harry and the Hendersons".
	LaMarr "Where Does It" Hoyt - A play on "Where does it hurt".
	Scott "Rock The" Kazmir - A reference to the song "Rock The Casbah".
	Chuck "New Kids on" Knoblauch - A reference to the song group "New Kids on the Block".
	John "I am not a" Kruk - President Richard Nixon's infamous comment.
	Ryan "Islets of" Langerhans - A reference to the Islets of Langerhans, groups of pancreatic cells.
	Ricky Ledee "the Earth Stood Still" - A play on the movie "The Day the Earth Stood Still".
	Mark "Get Back" Loretta - A reference to the lyrics from The Beatles song "Get Back".
	Oddibe "Young Again" McDowell - A play on "Oh to be young again"; One of the few nicknames using a player's first name instead of his/her last.
	"Me And" Willie McGee - A reference to the song by Janis Joplin song "Me and Bobby McGee".
	Fred "The Crime Dog" McGriff - A reference to McGruff the Crime Dog.
	Mark "Eve of Destruction" McGwire - A reference to the song by Barry McGuire "Eve of Destruction".
	Eddie "Eat, Drink, and Be" Murray - A play on the phrase  "Eat, drink, and be merry".
	Jonathan “Snap Crackle” Papelbon - A play on the catchphrase of Kellogg's Rice Krispies® breakfast cereal.
	Terry "Pit and the" Pendleton - A reference to the Edgar Allen Poe story "The Pit and the Pendulum".
	Ken "Good Evening Mister" Phelps - A play on the catchphrase from "Mission: Impossible".
	Mike "Pepperoni" Piazza - A reference to Pepperoni Pizza.
	Kirby "Union Gap" Puckett - A reference to the group "Gary Puckett & The Union Gap".
	Terry "Swimming" Puhl - Swimming Pool.
	Albert "Winnie the" Pujols - A reference to "Winnie the Pooh".
	Tim "Purple" Raines - A reference to the song by Prince "Purple Rain".
	Dave "Prince" Righetti - A reference to a brand of spaghetti.
	Jose "Blame it on" Rijo - A reference to the movie "Blame It on Rio".
	Kirk "Roto" Rueter - A reference to Roto Rooter.
	C.C. "Splish, splash, I was taking" Sabathia - A reference to the Bobby Darin song "Splish, splash, I was takin a bath".
	Olmedo "Do this don't do that, can't you read the" Sáenz - A reference to the lyric from the song "Signs" by Five Man Electrical Band.
	Tom "Leave it to" Seaver - A reference to the TV show "Leave It to Beaver".
	Gary Sheffield "of Dreams" - A reference to the baseball movie "Field of Dreams".
	Eric "Win, Place, and Show". - A referwnce to horse race betting.
	Sammy "Say It Ain't" Sosa - A reference to the phrase connected to Shoeless Joe Jackson.
	"The Seven-Year" Ichiro Suzuki - A reference to the the Marilyn Monroe movie "The Seven Year Itch".
	Frank Tanana "Daiquiri" - A play on the mixed drink "Banana Daiquiri".
	Tony Tarasco "Sauce" - A play on Tabasco Sauce.
	Miguel "Tejada they come.....Tejada they fall" - A takeoff on the phrase "The harder they come the harder they fall".
	Jim Thome "Can You Hear Me?" - A reference to The Who's song "Tommy Can You Hear Me".
	Manny "Kingston" Trillo - A reference to the group "The Kingston Trio".
	Eric "Gave Up Meat" Valent - A play on the phrase "Gave up meat for Lent".
	Todd "Snap, Crackle," Van Poppel - A play on the catchphrase of Kellogg's Rice Krispies® breakfast cereal.
	Robin Ventura "Highway" - A reference to the song by the group America "Ventura Highway".
	Jeff "I'm a Dream" Weaver - A reference to the song by Gary Wright "Dream Weaver".
	Mark "Bay City" Wohlers - A reference to the group Bay City Rollers.
	Craig "For What It's" Worthington - A play on the saying "For what it's worth".
	Gregg "Wrath of" Zaun - A reference to the movie "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan".
Football
	David "Green" Akers - A reference to the 1960's TV comedy show "Green Acres".
	Shaun Alexander'"s Ragtime Marching Band" - A reference to an old Irving Berlin song.
	Mike "You're in good hands with" Alstott - A play on the slogan for Allstate Insurance.
	Jerry "Halls of Mont" Azumah - A reference to the words "Halls of Montezuma" in the Marines' hymn.
	Eric "Sleeping with" Bienemy - A reference to the movie "Sleeping with the Enemy".
	Rob "My" Bironas - A reference to the song "My Sharona".
	Matt "Werewolves of" Blundin - A reference to Warren Zevon song "Werewolves of London".
	Tom "Here's a story of a man named" Brady - A reference to the theme song of the TV show "The Brady Bunch".
	Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey hey, Na Brown - A reference to song "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye".
	Vincent "Ultimate" Brisby - A play on the phrase "Ultimate Frisbee".
	Troy Brown "and his Band of Renown" - A reference to Les Brown and his Band of Renown, a swing band for over 50 years.
	Tedy "Ice Cold" Bruschi - A reference to a cold beer (or "brewski").
	David "Please come to" Boston - A reference to the song by David Loggins "Please Come to Boston".
	Correll "General" Buckhalter - A reference to the character General "Buck" Turgidson that George C. Scott played in the film Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb.
	Marc "Ray" Bulger - A reference to actor Ray Bolger who played the scarecrow in "The Wizard of Oz".
	"Dom Dom Dom, Dom Be Dooby Dom Dom Dom" Dom Capers - A reference to the lyrics of the song "Come Go With Me" by the Del-Vikings. Berman has also used the popular beginning to the theme of Dragnet, after a Houston Texans loss.
	Ahmad "A Christmas" Carroll - A reference to the movie "A Christmas Carol".
	Matt "White" Cassel - A reference to the fast food chain "White Castle".
	Chris Chambers "Time Has Come Today" - After the Miami Dolphins wide receiver makes a catch, Berman exclaims "Time Has Come Today"; this is a reference to the song by "The Chambers Brothers".
	"Hey you get off of" Mike Cloud - A reference to the song by The Rolling Stones song "Hey You, Get off of My Cloud".
	Ben "Winter" Coates - A reference to "Winter coat".
	Jose "Baby" Cortez - A reference to musician Dave "Baby" Cortez.
	Zack "Davey" Crockett - A reference to Davey Crockett.
	Karlos "Tiny" Dansby - A reference to the song by Elton John "Tiny Dancer".
	Jake "Daylight Come and You Gotta" Delhomme - A reference to a line from Harry Belafonte's "Banana Boat Song".
	Donald "Duke in the" Driver - A reference to Luke Duke being in the driver's seat from the TV show "The Dukes of Hazard".
	Brett "Long Ago and" Favre "Away". - A reference to Brett Favre.
	"Robin Hood and Little" John Elway.
	Christian "Eu" Fauria - A play on the word "Euphoria".
	Jeff "Philadelphia" Feagles - A reference to the song by Elton John "Philadelphia Eagle" (Feagles actually did play for the Eagles at one point in his career).
	A.J. "Touchy" Feeley - A reference to the phrase "Touchy-Feely".
	Jay "See Me" Feely "Kicky Goody" - A reference to the song by the Who "See Me Feel Me".
	Jay Fiedler "on the roof" - A parody of Fiddler on the Roof. This makes sense, as Fiedler is Jewish.
	"Werewolves of" London Fletcher - A reference to the song by Warren Zevon "Werewolves of London".
	Doug "The Magic" Flutie - A reference to the opera "The Magic Flute".
	Barry "Bananas" Foster - Former running back of the Pittsburgh Steelers, referring to the dessert bananas foster.
	Chris Fuamatu "He's a bad" Ma'afala! - A reference to Isaac Hayes' "Theme From Shaft".
	Samkon "In" Gado "We Trust"- A twist on the motto of the United States of America "In God We Trust".
	Rich "Loose" Gannon - A play on the phrase "Loose Cannon".
	Jeff "Boy" George - A reference to the singer Boy George of the 80's band the Culture Club.
	Robbie "Solid" Gould - A reference to TV show "Solid Gold".
	Jeff Graham "Cracker" - A reference to the snack.
	"Ah Ah Ah" Ahman Green - A reference to a person about to sneeze.
	"Starvin" Marvin Harrison - A reference to South Park or the gas station chain.
	Todd "Uriah" Heap - A reference to the music group "Uriah Heep".
	Joe "don't bother me, I'm on the" Horn - A reference to his 2003 end zone celebration where he pulled a cell phone (horn) from under a goalpost.
	Joe "Little Big" Horn - A reference to the "Battle of Little Big Horn".
	Michael "Como Esta" Husted - Spanish expression.
	"Hanging" Chad Jackson - A reference to voting using punch cards, and the piece of paper hanging was called a "Hanging Chad".
	MarTay "O-Tay" Jenkins - A reference to how Buckwheat said "OK" (O-Tay).
	"Grandmama" Larry Johnson - A reference to the basketball player of the same name who starred in a commercial where he dressed up as an old lady called "Grandmama".
	Rudi Johnson "Rudi! Rudi! Rudi! Rudi!" - Chanted by Berman and Jackson any time Johnson appeared in a highlight.
	Adam "Pacman" Jones - Any NFL Primetime highlight featuring Jones, Berman and co-host Tom Jackson make sound effects from the popular video game Pac-Man. Note that the nickname itself is not a Berman creation, as Jones had that nickname at West Virginia University, and possibly earlier.
	John Kasay "at the foot" - A parody of the poem "Casey at the Bat".
	Jon Kitna "Kaboodle" - A parody from the phrase "Kit and Kaboodle".
	Sean "Personal" Landeta - A play on the phrase "Personal Vendetta".
	Reggie "Foghorn" Langhorne - A reference to the cartoon character "Foghorn Leghorn".
	Ty "I fought the" Law "and the law won" - A reference to Sonny Curtis and The Clash song "I Fought the Law".
	"He's Strong to the finish, cause he's a QB. He's" Peyton "The Sailor" Manning - A refrence to "Popeye The Sailor Man".
	Curtis "My Favorite" Martin - A reference to the TV show "My Favorite Martian".
	Olindo Mare - Olindo Mareeeeeee Whoa-oooh!.
	Josh "Tears of" McCown - A reference to the song by Smokey Robinson and the Miracles' "The Tears of a Clown".
	Luke "Send in" McCown (Josh McCown's brother) - A reference to Stephen Sondheim song "Send in the Clowns".
	Natrone "Refried" Means - A reference to refried beans.
	Rick "No Time to Wallow in the" Mirer - A line from The Doors hit "Light My Fire".
	Mike "After Dinner" Minter. - A reference to after dinner mints.
	Ryan "Longer" Moats "Are Coming to Win Us" - A reference to the Cat Stevens song "Longer Boats".
	"Waltzing" Mewelde Moore - A reference to the song "Waltzing Matilda".
	Johnnie Morton "Salt" - A reference to the brand Morton Salt.
	"Yo" Adrian Murrell - A reference to the movie "Rocky".
	Kyle Orton "Hears a Who" - A reference to the Dr. Seuss book "Horton Hears a Who".
	Da Da Da Da Da... Heeeere's Carson (Carson Palmer) - A parody of the introduction to the The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson.
	Willie "Wonka" Parker - I reference to "Willy Wonka".
	Doug "Bats in the" Pelfrey - A reference to the expression "Bats in the Belfry".
	Ricky Proehl "Shampoo" - A reference to Prell shampoo (although Proehl's name is pronounced "prohl", not like the shampoo).
	Jonathan "The Medicine Man" Quinn - A reference to "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman".
	"The Human Highlight Reel" Dominic Rhodes - A play on "The Human Highlight Film," nickname of former NBA superstar Dominique Wilkins.
	Gary Reasons "to believe". - A reference to the Rod Stewart song "Reason To Believe".
	Andre "Bad Moon" Rison - A reference to the expression "Bad Moon Rising"; also a reference to the Credence Clearwater Revival song "Bad Moon Rising".
	"Koo Koo Kachoo" Marcus Robinson - A reference to the Simon & Garfunkel song "Mrs. Robinson".
	Ben "in the Big Blue" Roethlisberger - A reference to the TV Show title "Bear in the Big Blue House".
	Sage "Drew" Rosenfels - A reference to sports agent Drew Rosenhaus.
	"Parsley" Sage Rosenfels "and Thyme" - A reference to the Simon and Garfunkel album
	Sean Salisbury "Steak". - A reference to a cut of steak.
	Matt "Stump the" Schaub - A reference to the ESPN sports trivia game show "Stump the Schwab".
	T.J. "Sgt." Slaughter - A reference to Sgt. Slaughter from G.I. Joe the Pro Wrestler.
	Lance "Sergeant" Schulters - A reference to Hogan's Heroes character Sgt. Schultz.
	Lito "Whoa-ohhh" Sheppard - A reference to the lyric in the Boz Scaggs song "Lido Shuffle".
	Onterrio "Yours to Discover" Smith - A reference to the slogan of Ontario Tourism.
	Matt "Smokey" Stover - A reference to the comic strip "Smokey Stover".
	Patrick "Yes, I'm" Surtain - A play on the the phrase, "Yes, I'm certain."
	Steve "A Tisker a" Tasker - A reference to the nursery rhyme "A-Tisket, A-Tasket".
	George "Iced" Teague - A reference to "Iced Tea".
	"Well-dressed" Amani Toomer - A reference to the upscale clothing brand Armani. Another variation is Amani "It's Not A" Toomer. Refers to Arnold Schwarzenegger quote from film Kindergarten Cop.
	Jeremiah "Was a Bullfrog" Trotter - A reference to a lyric in the song "Joy to the World" by Three Dog Night.
	Michael Turner "Overdrive" - A reference to the group "Bachman-Turner Overdrive".
	Jonathan Villllmaaaaa - Boomer will try to sound like Fred Flintstone when yelling for Wilma.
	"H.J." Hines "Company" Ward - A reference to the H.J. Heinz Company Charles "Get Out of My" Way.
	Benjamin "Dr." Watson - A reference to the character "Dr. Watson" from the Sherlock Holmes novels.
	Reggie "Bruce" Wayne (to the batcave!) - A reference to the Batman series.
	Jed "Friedman" Weaver - A reference to Brooklyn icon "Jedediah Friedman".
	Karl "The Truth" Williams - A reference to the boxer Carl "The Truth" Williams.
	Eric "Wallow in the" Zeier - A reference to lyrics from The Doors song Light My Fire.