Steve Berthiaume

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Steve Berthiaume (born 1965, Medfield, Massachusetts) is a former sportscaster for the SportsNet New York (SNY) cable network and current anchor on ESPN.

A graduate of Emerson College, Berthiaume's broadcasting career began at WTIC-TV in Hartford, Connecticut, where he covered University of Connecticut men's and women's basketball and their involvement in the NCAA tournament. He then went to the now-defunct CNNSI network and eventually to ESPN in February 2000, starting at ESPNEWS and later, anchoring for SportsCenter.

Berthiaume also spent time as an anchor at the ABC affiliate in Pensacola, Florida, as well as the NBC affiliates in Providence, Rhode Island; Columbia, South Carolina; and Charlottesville, Virginia.

In 2006, Berthiaume left ESPN to become a reporter for the new SNY network started by the New York Mets, however in late January 2007, SNY let him out of his contract and only two months after that, Berthiaume rejoined ESPN's SportsCenter on March 28, 2007.

He is married to current ESPNEWS anchor Cindy Brunson.

[edit] Catch phrases

"Say hello to my little friend!" (taken from Scarface)
"Fundamentally sound..."
"Full extension, and he sticks the landing."
"...on spectacular ESPN HD..."
"Fa threh..." (for three)
"Kick save and a beauty!" (for hockey highlights, imitating colleague Gary Thorne)
"The lost art of the mid-range jump shot."
"Looking to go...where eagles dare." (for golf highlights, when a player would eagle a hole)