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ESPN broadcaster Chris Berman is known for waving the Buffalo Bills' banner. That trait helped earn him a special honor this summer. Bills owner Ralph C. Wilson Jr. has picked Berman to give the presenting speech for him at the Pro Football Hall of Fame ceremony on Aug. 8 in Canton, Ohio.
Buffalo Bills owner Ralph C. Wilson Jr. has picked ESPN broadcaster Chris Berman to be his presenter for the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Berman has been known as a Bills booster since the late 1980s. He picked the Bills to make the Super Bowl almost every year in the 1990s. And he popularized the phrase, "nobody circles the wagons like the Buffalo Bills."
Berman also is the master of ceremonies for the Hall of Fame event, which will be held Aug. 8 at Canton, Ohio.
Berman is one of the few I sill enjoy at ESPN. Got his autograph for my son when he was in town last month for a pro-am golf tournament. Very personable with the fans. Mentioned something about Buffalo and he gave a thumbs up and a smile. Always been pro-Buffalo.
for alot of years, (and you young guys probably dont remember). chris berman and the late (great) tim russert were the ONLY public figures that kept buffalo among the living as far as media attention went. berman is a proud bills fan and lets it show. weather people say he is a good guy or not i dont care, we all have our vices and we all have one thing in common, we want the bills to win, and we all love buffalo, weather we were forced to move away or not. i could go anywhere i want for vacation, europe, california, wherever, but there is something about home, and that city that always brings me back there. 3 months ago when my mother passed her dying wish was to be brought back home from florida to be buried there (she was a die hard bills fan!!), its a special place and a special team. do it up right boomer and make ralph sound good lets go bills!!!
"Expect rejection, but expect more to overcome it."
***Marv Levy.***
"Coach Levy is one of the most inspirational people that I have ever known."
***Thurman Thomas.***
"You're not going to find a more classier, down-to-Earth person away from the field than Marv Levy. He's a guy who's pretty much made me what I am today as far as a professional player and a person."
***Jim Kelly***
"Fifty years in sports, there's only one constant: Ralph Wilson is the owner of the Buffalo Bills. What Mr. Wilson has done for pro football and for the city of Buffalo and Western New York, it's hard to put into words. He remains in it for the same reasons he got into it in 1959: He loves the game of football, and that's apparent in everything he does. It will be an honor to have a bird's eye view to watch him be inducted in the Pro Football Hall of Fame, especially this year, in the 50th year of the old American Football League. He's a man I admire very much and I'm honored to just be there."
this is bermans press release after he had been asked to induct mr. wilson per tim grahams blog.
he is a bills fan and he is a man who loves western NY and even comes back for jim kelly's golf tournament and always says positive things about our team. any bills fan is ok in my book. of cource i think had russert still been here (god rest his soul) he would have been easily the choice.
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