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Get ready for the “Boomer Blast” segment.
No, we aren’t making that name up, that’s apparently the title ESPN is going to give Chris Berman’s new segments for the network’s coverage of the upcoming NFL season. According to Jimmy Traina of Sports Illustrated, Berman will host a weekly feature centered on the history between two NFL rivalries each week.
Basically, Berman has become the Tom Rinaldi of the NFL for ESPN.
This news comes after ESPN gave Berman a celebrated send-off after the network lost the rights to Sunday Night football, which signaled the end of the Sunday NFL Primetime.
Per Traina’s Sports Illustrated column, here’s the breakdown of what a “Boomer Blast” is all about:
The man known as “Boomer” will host a weekly three-to-four minute segment called, “Berman’s Blast,” in which he’ll recap and discuss historic NFL rivalries to coincide with a game that week. The segment, which will first air at 7 a.m. ET each Friday, will be repeated several times throughout the weekend on various editions of SportsCenter.
As of now, the segment will run for five weeks and will feature Packers-Bears in Week 1, Giants-Cowboys in Week 2, Dolphins-Raiders in Week 3, Chiefs-Broncos in Week 4 and Patriots-Colts in Week 5. Berman has some other committments for the fall, including a trip to the Ryder Cup, so that’s why the inital run will only be five weeks, with the potential for more down the road.
A graduate of the University of Tennessee, Michael Wayne Bratton oversees the news coverage for Saturday Down South. Michael previously worked for FOX Sports and NFL.com
