For the past ten years, Len Berman has served as the weekday sports anchor for "News Channel 4/Live At Five," and "News Channel 4 at 6 and 11 p.m. " Since joining NBC4 in 1985, Mr. Berman has hosted many live seasonal sports specials, featuring the Giants, Mets, and Knicks. His popular feature, "Spanning The World," airs monthly on NBC4 and NBC's Today show. Through "Spanning The World," Berman focuses on wild and wacky sports clips worldwide. In April, 1996 Berman and "Spanning the World" were featured on Dick Clark Hosts All-New All-Star TV Censored Mega-Bloopers, the first of multiple appearances on Clark 's show. In January 1996, Berman hosted the nationally syndicated "Touchdown in Phoenix ," a hour-long preview to Super Bowl XXX. Berman has been the recipient of four local Emmy awards and has been honored as New York "Sportscaster of the Year" by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association (1994/'95). His other credits include hosting Super Bowl XVII (Washington/Miami), the 1984 World Series (Detroit/San Diego), and doing play-by-play for college basketball and NFL Football. Berman was the original voice of the Big East Basketball Conference from 1980-1986. During the 1991 football season, Berman co-hosted a sports/entertainment show, L.T.'s Place, with New York Giants Lawrence Taylor. From 1991-1993, he was the voice of TVKO Boxing, a pay-per-view cable service, calling heavyweight championship fights. In Berman's Sports Fantasy, -- a program that aired on NBC4 and NBC's Sportsworld from 1985-1990, viewers were given the opportunity to act out their sports fantasy with their favorite athlete. Berman came to Channel 4 after serving as weekend sports anchor on WCBS-TV for three years. Prior to that, Berman had been sports director at WBZ-TV, NBC's Boston affiliate since 1973. In addition to daily sportscasts at WBZ-TV, he did play-by-play on the Boston Celtics regular season telecasts and the New England Patriots pre-season telecasts from 1974 to 1978. While at WBZ-TV, he received two New England Emmys for sportscasting. Berman began his broadcasting career in 1970 at WLWD-TV in Dayton , Ohio as a news and sports reporter. A native New Yorker, Berman graduated from Syracuse University . He resides on Long Island , New York with his wife Jill and their family.
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