Should ESPN Have Disclosed That Chris Berman’s Daughter Works for the Patriots?
ESPN, Media Gossip/Musings, NFL September 17th. 2009, 12:30pm
Chris Berman landed an interview with everyone’s dreamboat Tom Brady last weekend, revealing the relevant fantasy news that Gisele is pregnant. But neither ESPN nor the Patriots disclosed a potential conflict of interest.
A source at ESPN confirmed to us that Chris Berman’s daughter, Meredith, works for the Patriots at a “very entry level position,” which we believe our good friend Colin Cowherd mentioned on air yesterday (audio not yet online).
The chance for impropriety is slim. We assume Berman has more connections earned through 30 years of broadcasting than his daughter. He did host a Patriots’ charity event in 2006. We don’t believe he blunted his normally incisive brand of journalism with Brady, because his daughter works for the team. We need not scrutinize his “WHOOP!” tally during Patriots highlights.
However, as Peter King did when his daughter worked as a PR Intern with the Seahawks, this should have been revealed publicly. We are reasonably sure no conflict of interest happened, but it’s better to be above board to avoid speculation.
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September 17th, 2009 at 12:31 pm
hmmm, interesting…….who gives a shit. Berman loves every team thats good either way.
September 17th, 2009 at 12:32 pm
no.
September 17th, 2009 at 12:32 pm
First off, ESPN should disclose how terrible Berman is. Then who cares about his daughter, wait, is she hot?
September 17th, 2009 at 12:33 pm
In short, no.
An organization that works under the umbrella of journalism should, yes. And I would expect as much.
The National Enquirer, TMZ and the Drudge Report have more to do with journaliam than that Disney outfit.
September 17th, 2009 at 12:33 pm
Wendy Nix is married to a Red Sux front office guy. Has that ever been revealed? The only thing she ever covers in the field is Boston stuff, though I think they keep her off the Red Sawx.
I don’t think this is that big of a deal, other than Chris Berman is still a fat, loud fuck who should never be allowed on TV again.
September 17th, 2009 at 12:34 pm
ahem. bspn IS a conflict of interest.
what you insinuate would be like jessica alba revealing to some news organization she has tits. really?
September 17th, 2009 at 12:36 pm
NDub – Does Nix cover the Red Sox, or do interview with the Red Sox? I thought she was on the football beat.
September 17th, 2009 at 12:36 pm
The real news here is Berman spawned. I had no clue.
September 17th, 2009 at 12:37 pm
Yeah, that they bring in all these actors and promote movies and shit isn’t because Peter Gammons is a fan, it’s because they’re from Universal Studios.
September 17th, 2009 at 12:39 pm
i wonder if she is also bald and screams idiot-assed nicknames (that patriots interns hatched) all day at work to people trapped within the confines of the patriots offices?
September 17th, 2009 at 12:39 pm
No she doesn’t cover the Red Sox. At least not that I’ve seen. She does a lot with the Patriots, though. I mis-typed – should say this.
September 17th, 2009 at 12:39 pm
Way OT: Tom Jackson is now on twitter and is following, among others, Mandy Moore and Ricky Martin.
September 17th, 2009 at 12:41 pm
the fact you researched this is frightening.
September 17th, 2009 at 12:41 pm
Don’t care if that’s OT, sponge. That’s funny stuff.
September 17th, 2009 at 12:42 pm
Meredith Berman needs to be humanized – STAT!
September 17th, 2009 at 12:42 pm
I had a free 30 seconds.
September 17th, 2009 at 12:44 pm
That sounds like the prankster that made a fake Buster Olney twitter that sounded realistic in every way except for the ridiculous people he was following.
September 17th, 2009 at 12:45 pm
meredith,im happy for you and imma let you finish but jeremy schaap had one of the greatest cases of nepotism of all time. of ALL TIME
September 17th, 2009 at 12:45 pm
wait, is she hot?
No way. Look at her asshat old man. She’s probably fat with a hairy abck, back, back , back…..
/hate berman
September 17th, 2009 at 12:46 pm
I only noticed because Schefter announced it. I’m thinking it has to be legit.
September 17th, 2009 at 12:47 pm
joe buck.
September 17th, 2009 at 12:48 pm
i bet berman’s daughter looks like a manatee after an encounter with a boat propeller. only fatter.
/is that mean?
//yay e-anonymity!!!
September 17th, 2009 at 12:49 pm
Bobby Fischer certainly thought so
September 17th, 2009 at 12:49 pm
LOL ouch!
September 17th, 2009 at 12:49 pm
While technically correct, nobody ever told him “you’ve got a long way to go to become your father”, so Schaap wins for being called on it.
September 17th, 2009 at 12:50 pm
I hate typing this, but I actually “LOL”d.
September 17th, 2009 at 12:51 pm
jeremy schaap had one of the greatest cases of nepotism of all time
Michael Powell. Fuck i started the politics bullshit again. no more i swear
September 17th, 2009 at 12:51 pm
LOL god i love bobby knight!
September 17th, 2009 at 12:52 pm
Lebron’s gonna be in a movie.
http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/32896252/ns/sports-nba/
September 17th, 2009 at 12:52 pm
Oh please TBL Godfather give it up and quit asking questions to which you know already the answer …ESPN will NEVER disclose it’s massive conflicts of interest publicly given the clout it still has. In fact ESPN won’t change of lot of stuff given that it is still managed by a bunch of neurotic greedy-assed arrogant Northeasten bojack douchebag losers, key amongst whom is that lone poorly dressed hilljack from the South who gave you all a hard time when you asked solid questions when visiting.
It is telling enough that the guy from the South could not dress for shit and insisted upon it in the Northeast. What another fuckin’ Southern friend piece of crap floating around the country when he belongs back home on some park bench talking about nothing anyone cares about.
Continue on with The Mission though as such posts are key to its progress.
September 17th, 2009 at 12:52 pm
yea, jeremy schapp enrages me. he’s turrible. he’s like jimmy roberts without the ginger.
September 17th, 2009 at 12:54 pm
Why’s Schapp’s mouth always moving from side-to-side when he talks? I don’t get it.
September 17th, 2009 at 12:55 pm
Lebron’s gonna be in a movie.
I like this.
/facebook’d
//thumbs up’d
September 17th, 2009 at 12:55 pm
Most adjectives ever? And what’s a hilljack?
September 17th, 2009 at 12:55 pm
it’s hard to speak normally when the only thing that comes out of your mouth is bullshit.
September 17th, 2009 at 12:55 pm
because that is how we taught to read. instead of moving your eyes move your mouth
September 17th, 2009 at 12:56 pm
That happens a lot down here spencer
September 17th, 2009 at 12:56 pm
NO!!! Jonesing!!! DON’T!!!
September 17th, 2009 at 12:56 pm
Daughter
September 17th, 2009 at 12:57 pm
I like this.
/facebook’d
//thumbs up’d
and that was the gheyest shit i ever wrote. I’m taking the next couple threads off.
September 17th, 2009 at 12:57 pm
Hilljack. Sort of like a Bojack, but from the South.
September 17th, 2009 at 12:58 pm
i really like how espn tries to make schaap a “serious ” reporter by sending him out report on “serious” stuff and narrate “serious” reports that he had nothing to do with. but he did shut lisa salters down about parkour and how it is “something white people do”. i will give him props for that
September 17th, 2009 at 12:59 pm
boom. humanized.
September 17th, 2009 at 1:00 pm
Southern fried not Southern friend.
September 17th, 2009 at 1:00 pm
Oh my god. I might hit it.
September 17th, 2009 at 1:00 pm
his daughter is hot. lending legitimacy to the theory that 2 ugly people make the cutest babies
September 17th, 2009 at 1:00 pm
From l-r – no, no, yes, only with irish’s dick
September 17th, 2009 at 1:01 pm
She must be adopted.
September 17th, 2009 at 1:01 pm
Big deal, everyone who works for ESPN blows the Patriots, not just Berman.
September 17th, 2009 at 1:01 pm
Correct KC thanks. Also it can be a bojack from Appalachia or remote mountainous and valley parts of the West.
September 17th, 2009 at 1:03 pm
his daughter is hot.
bit of a reach, fuckable….after 6 tallboys tho
September 17th, 2009 at 1:03 pm
if she’s so hot (and she’s not) why is her old lady hiding her?
September 17th, 2009 at 1:03 pm
only with irish’s dick
man you’re funny
September 17th, 2009 at 1:05 pm
from the neck up she is pretty. better?
September 17th, 2009 at 1:05 pm
TBL, just for the record, if MSM people trash blogs for shitting on people who have only an ancillary connection to sports, this post would be one of those reasons.
September 17th, 2009 at 1:05 pm
I believe this picture came with the picture frame I just bought. Seriously, it looks like 4 random people photoshopped into a nature background.
September 17th, 2009 at 1:06 pm
For those who missed in on my guidance to youthful and rich Jersey (for far longer than now if he is smart with serious Depression looming unless you are drinking the Bernanke or MikeNYC Kool-Aid) in the AM roundup, check it out at the bottom especially you hating types including those in the Legion of Paolo Haters. Here is a summary.
1) BMWs — Owned one 9 years and never again
2) Leather Seats — Once you go there, there is no going back
3) Chicks and Cars — Great screening device
4) “The Test” From “A Bronx Tale” — Do it even with automatic locks because it works.
5) Ty “Shifty Longshanks” Duffy — One of my top three nemeses on this site
September 17th, 2009 at 1:08 pm
que?
September 17th, 2009 at 1:08 pm
paolo…who’s your top nemesis? me or gods?
September 17th, 2009 at 1:09 pm
What does that mean, exactly? I would think “White Moralist Rage” would be more apt…
September 17th, 2009 at 1:10 pm
Whose nemesis am I? Paolo has me curious…other than Cool Rick, I mean…
September 17th, 2009 at 1:11 pm
NBA posts.
September 17th, 2009 at 1:11 pm
That’s the fakest picture I’ve ever seen. Hilarious.
September 17th, 2009 at 1:16 pm
In my defense, I pretty much stay out of those now. From February to August is when I actually try and be productive during the day.
September 17th, 2009 at 1:19 pm
Classified …but you are lower on the list than Ty “Shifty Longshanks” Duffy.
Amongst other grevios offenses to all things Italian, Liverpool, Notre Dame, and not Manhattan or London, which basically hit me more than anyone else here, Ty Duffy recently on his post basically exhibited that he was one of Tate Forcier’s new lovers after he knocked Clausen after the Notre Dame loss instead of sticking to prudent analysis of bad play-calling of Charlie Weis, poor special teams, and poor second-half defense.
Note that Clausen went 25-42 336 yards and 3 touchdowns 0 interceptions, so this slam was totally without informed or other basis by Forcier’s obvious fuckbuddy Duffy.
If Duffy’s smart he’ll copy the role of Tom Cruise in “Eyes Wide Shut” as he walks aimlessly the streets of Manhattan. Keep looking over your shoulder now. The sinister piano chords and keys are optional.
September 17th, 2009 at 1:19 pm
Tiger’s already down 2-0 against Greinke.
September 17th, 2009 at 1:20 pm
why is tiger woods playing baseball?
/grammar policia
September 17th, 2009 at 1:22 pm
/one-up’d
September 17th, 2009 at 1:24 pm
sw – i dont know how this is “shitting on people.”
September 17th, 2009 at 1:24 pm
capitalization is for queers and the french.
September 17th, 2009 at 1:25 pm
Way to be redundant.
September 17th, 2009 at 1:27 pm
If you would hit that daughter unless it’s after 3 Jaegermeisters, seriously you need to get out of the Northeast to improve your standards. Furthermore any chick with a name like Meredith has to be a fuckin’ ninnie. That’s one of those prudish northeastern chick names.
September 17th, 2009 at 1:27 pm
way to capitalize, monsieur.
September 17th, 2009 at 1:31 pm
take a high hard one then, monfrer.
September 17th, 2009 at 1:31 pm
What I meant was, you put up a post on your site about something that isn’t a big deal, like at all. And when you bring this up, especially because it his daughter, I think you would be a fool to think that there wont be comments about her being “ugly or fat” or someone finding a picture of her and then people making remarks about “throwing it in her”. This is what people don’t like about blogs. Its just unnecessary.
/off high horse
September 17th, 2009 at 1:32 pm
shes a month away from being a fatty after eating gallons of ice cream after a break up.
i’d still fuck her
/tampa’d
September 17th, 2009 at 1:34 pm
great timing on my part
September 17th, 2009 at 1:34 pm
hahaha i was thinking the same thing TF.
September 17th, 2009 at 1:36 pm
was watching Natural Born Killers the other night and finally heard “high hard one” used in a setting other than here.
September 17th, 2009 at 1:36 pm
This is a solid point even though I don’t agree with it in full Sponge.
Of course you do understand that Duffy never posts from off his new bicoastal high horse, now riding astride his new gladiator garb for a stop in Ann Arbor to see his new lover Forcier to and from right?
Duffy’s newfound love and typical arrogant Manhattan and London antics and gayish fashion sense aside, ANY ESPN conflict of interest and hypocrisy is a big deal and is part of our diligence here with The Mission.
September 17th, 2009 at 1:38 pm
So, you’re saying I brought game today Paolo?
September 17th, 2009 at 1:39 pm
Are you having Duffy followed?
September 17th, 2009 at 1:40 pm
Fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiishnet.
September 17th, 2009 at 1:45 pm
George W Bush shakes his head yes.
/politicized
September 17th, 2009 at 1:47 pm
Okay Sponge, you are right, you get a +0.5. Keep bringing it please especially whenever Ty “Shifty Longshanks” Duffy posts. Wiki King Edward “Longshanks” ? if you are curious, and recall the film “Braveheart” too.
The rest of it you’ll have to figure out by reading between the lines.
I sure as fuck am not going to telegraph any attempt at humour on my part here a la Engvald or Foxworthy or Larry The Cable Guy for the sake especially of their core audience of dumbass Southern-fried frickaseed bojack douchebag loser redneck candy-asses who hardly know toilet paper from their dirty hats and hands after they attempt in vain to empty themselves usually full of their Southern-fried high hard bullshit.
September 17th, 2009 at 1:49 pm
Great set-up thanks TST …well of course you do understand that he has developed already quite the following with that fashion and other high horseass sense of his right? The rest is classified as usual of course.
September 17th, 2009 at 1:49 pm
Wendi Nix story: I worked at the local station she was at pre-ESPN. First off, very hard-working person; she’s witty; she’s very professional; she’s very clean and neat; and she’s a pleasant person, overall. She didn’t fraternize too much with the rest of the staff as she is very close to her husband and immediate family, but certainly could joke and hang on her own in a such an alpha male industry.
Anyway, around the trading deadline one year she was on her cell with her husband. The call abruptly ended and she’s goes, “Haha Ben’s (her husband) pissed. He’s goes, ‘No one wants our shitty players. We can’t give Trot Nixon away. I gotta go.’”
So it’s pretty safe to assume that she’s got an inside scoop. But, cmon, she’s smart enough to never risk her husband’s job (he was the co-GM for the Hanley/Beckett deal) and he’s smart enough never to delve too much into private stuff. To be honest, though, from my limited experience in pro sports—from a cursory view—player personnel moves are maybe 1-5% of the job. And even then, there’s a select few who actually have the real information.
Anyway, glad to see Wendi carving out a nice role for herself: college football desk anchor work, and traveling back to MA for Patriots coverage.
September 17th, 2009 at 1:50 pm
Whether I wear studded dog collars and scandalously short cutoffs on my own time is none of your business, Paolo.
September 17th, 2009 at 1:51 pm
+2.5 Bottomless
Excellent feedback thank you for giving us feedback on an example of a genuine professional and lady instead of on the typical TV ninnie bullshit.
If you disagree on that feedback on Nix, just go fuckin’ back to watching “The View” or “Oprah” and shut your ass up.
September 17th, 2009 at 1:52 pm
Oh no it’s not for sure you fuckhead Duffy, but now that you have made it public it is now EVERYONE’s business.
September 17th, 2009 at 1:53 pm
hey paolo whats your opinion on us texans
September 17th, 2009 at 1:53 pm
Paolo will shortly be releasing the Ty Duffy peephole video..
September 17th, 2009 at 2:05 pm
Often too loud and big-headed and spinning tall Texas tales, such flaws are overcome by good down-to-earth straight-shootin’ folks who don’t take shit and have the best cooking in the USA. If it were not for Texans we would not have BBQ and chili done right (fuck that Memphis and Cincinnati shit) and other fine contributions unless it is the two worst presidents since 1900 LBJ and George W in that order. No more presidents from Texas please.
Semper fi! Keep the good word on here coming especially to straighten out many of these Northeastern bojack types and the occasional hilljack.
September 17th, 2009 at 2:07 pm
Not sure why, but this made me laugh.
September 17th, 2009 at 2:09 pm
Paolo is obsessed with tyduffy
September 17th, 2009 at 2:11 pm
Quite the contrary …only when he high horseasses as usual …he’s all yours now but check Forcier’s schedule first.
September 17th, 2009 at 2:53 pm
Paolo, I’m going to begin recording every name you call me. So I can peruse them should you ever have a hearing before the double secret bannin’ tribunal.