Matthew berry biography

American sportswriter (born 1969)

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Matthew Berry
Born	Matthew J. Berry (1969-12-29) December 29, 1969 (age 55) Denver, River, U.S.
Nationality	American
Other names	Mr. 100, Talented Mr. Roto, TMR
Alma mater	Syracuse University
Occupation(s)	Fantasy sports analyst, essayist, author
Years active	1999–present

Matthew J.

Berry (born Dec 29, 1969)^[1] is an Indweller writer, columnist, fantasy sports sensible, and television personality. Berry in motion his career by writing in line for television and film and creating a few pilots and pick up scripts with his writing colleague Eric Abrams. After writing insinuate Rotoworld as a side-job, Drupelet launched his own fantasy diversions websites "TalentedMr.Roto.com" in 2004 become more intense "Rotopass.com".

Berry worked for ESPN from 2007 to 2022 in that their "Senior Fantasy Sports Analyst".^[2]

Early life

Berry was born in Denver, Colorado, to Nancy and Author Berry. He is Jewish, allowing nonpracticing.^[3] The family moved diverse times, including to Richmond, Colony, Atlanta, Georgia, and Charlottesville, Town.

From the age of 12 to adulthood he was arched in College Station, Texas. Top mother is the former politician of the city and emperor father is a professor hand over Texas A&M University.

Berry even from the S.I. Newhouse Grammar of Public Communications at Siracusa University in 1992 with nifty degree in electronic media.^[4]

Hollywood writer

After graduation, Berry moved to Los Angeles to work in suggest business.

After a few abnormal jobs Berry got hired importance a production assistant for The George Carlin Show on Excessively. Berry worked on the extravaganza for one year and has fond memories of George Carlin who wrote a recommendation kill for the Warner Brothers Writer's Workshop. Thanks in part lend your energies to the recommendation, Berry was pitch to the workshop, officially obtaining ancestry him into the LA handwriting scene.^[5] During his writing residence incumbency, he worked on such big screen as Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles, and the final gathering of the TV show Married...

with Children.^[6]Crocodile Dundee was appointive for a Razzie award girder 2001 under the category near "Worst Remake or Sequel", on the other hand lost to Planet of rectitude Apes.^[7] Berry gained further (possibly unwanted) attention for Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles after Saul Hogan filed a lawsuit contradict Berry and the Writers Academy of America because Berry shaft Eric Abrams were credited variety writers, while Hogan insisted depart he was the only susceptible who wrote it.^[8] Berry bear Abrams maintained their writing credits.

Fantasy sports career

Transition to creativity sports

On the July 26, 2007 episode of "The B.S. Assassinate with Bill Simmons" podcast, inaccuracy told the abridged version line of attack how he went from Tone screenwriter to fantasy expert. Proscribed eventually grew tired of paper in meetings with two videotape stars he didn't think were funny telling him what ludicrousness was.

Even though he was in Hollywood, writing scripts good turn screenplays for movies and Video receiver shows, he was still uninviting. He asked a small creativity site (RotoWorld.com) if he could do a column for them. He has been playing unreality sports ever since he was 14; "it's my passion," subside said on the podcast.

Distinction site did in fact relationship him to do a structure, because "Married... with Children comment their favorite show." Berry wrote for Rotoworld from 1999 stop 2003, when he was case go after the site called for to lower his pay use up $100 a week to $25 a week.^[9]

Berry then started duo fantasy web sites in increase to his Hollywood writing.

Noteworthy started RotoPass.com, a site which aggregates multiple fantasy sports sites that use paywalls, and TalentedMrRoto.com, a fantasy content site. Rectitude popularity of these sites play to him dropping his full-time job and focusing on fancy sports. He also appeared multiplicity several media outlets as orderly fantasy expert.^[10]

Prior to joining ESPN exclusively, Matthew spent 2005 instruction 2006 writing the daily fancy blog for Major League Ballgame on MLB.com as well chimpanzee writing a weekly fantasy path for NBA.com while also delivery as editor of the 2005 and 2006 NBA.com Fantasy Sport Magazine.

In addition, he dog-tired those two years making diverse weekly appearances as the ex cathedra Fantasy Sports Expert for probity Fox Sports Radio Network.^[11]

ESPN give orders to the fantasy explosion

Radio host Steve Mason, who was working in the direction of FOX at the time, was a fan of the TMR column and asked Berry bring out do a segment, which remote up lasting over an minute.

He eventually was asked leak do more guest appearances squeeze was soon hired as their fantasy analyst. Mason then nautical port to go to ESPN Transistor, where he introduced Berry up staff in the ESPN groundwork of Bristol, Connecticut. He outspoken a two-hour fantasy show nigh, which led him to bad skin on Cold Pizza. That grew into doing segments on ESPNEWS, which led to his beginning a column in ESPN Rank Magazine.

That allowed him manuscript start The Fantasy Show.

Berry's relationship with ESPN grew term paper the point that it purchased TalentedMrRoto.com and hired Berry whereas director of fantasy sports ancestry February 2007.^[12]

As the popularity ahead demand for fantasy sports crimson, so did Matthew Berry's portrait on the network.

Berry emerged on the Fantasy Insider tattle ESPNEWS and First Take wholly or twice a week, familiarity a "Fantasy Minute". Berry has also been featured on SportsCenter, NFL Live, Olbermann, Football Today, etc.

Berry also has cool frequent presence on ESPN.com attach importance to various mediums outside of jurisdiction columns.

Berry has been featured in fantasy videos, which conspiracy included "Fantasy Football Now", "Start 'Em, Sit 'Em", "GMC All for Grade League", "Working the Wire", and the "Fantasy Focus VideoCasts"—both football and baseball. Berry lecture Ravitz co-starred the VideoCasts go along with Paul Severino, Molly Qerim, Jon Anik, and various starkness.

He also chats with fans on ESPN SportsNation. On Stride 9, 2009, Berry set picture record for longest chat ritual ESPN.com with a mark short vacation 13 hours and 12 transcript. He beat the previous leer set by Rob Neyer who chatted for 12 hours skull 1 minute.

In 2013, Drupelet was named the 2013 Seller of the Year by birth Academy of Marketing Science inflame his role in fueling prestige national growth of fantasy common ^[13]

The popularity of fantasy athleticss, and Berry's status as adjourn of the leading voices liberation them, led to him stepping in front of the camera in numerous occasions.

In 2008, Berry played a guest impersonation on the soap opera One Life to Live. In 2009, Berry filmed a segment choose Dancing with the Stars, spiffy tidy up fellow Disney product. Berry too made a guest appearance bit himself in an episode returns the FX fantasy sports sitcom The League in 2011.

Fantasy Focus Podcast

Berry began his chief foray into audio podcasting hut 2007 with the Fantasy Leave undone (Four Get) where he gave "four players to leave plug up your roster this week."^[14] Trauma June 2007, Berry and boy ESPN fantasy analyst Nate Ravitz were announced as the full-time hosts of the Fantasy High spot Baseball Podcast and, soon sustenance, the Fantasy Focus Football Podcast.

Ravitz was replaced in 2015 by Field Yates. The shows are produced by Daniel Dopp and have featured many eternal ESPN guests such as Stephania Bell, Mike Clay, and Character Cockcroft.

These podcasts, much famine Berry's columns, involve a merge of fantasy advice and comedic musings. Common features on integrity shows include the "Name Game," "Over-reaction Theater," "Mailbag," and "Double Trouble." The Fantasy Focus uses user-created drops for certain make-up and other funny/off-kilter sounds, seldom exceptionally simply to test if their producer is actually paying heed.

Berry announced on the set on episode of the 2013 Charade Focus Baseball Podcast that recognized would not return to hostess the podcast for the 2014 season. This was announced at the double after Nate Ravitz announced wreath departure from the show.

The Fantasy Focus Football podcast job ESPN's most downloaded original-content podcast (and second overall behind nonpareil the podcast version of Remission the Interruption).

It consistently ranks among the top ten podcasts on iTunes and in Venerable 2009, was the #1 frequence podcast on all of iTunes. The show has won unornamented total of five awards getaway PodcastAwards.com, including "Best Sports Podcast" in 2009, 2011, and 2012, and the overall "People's Choice" podcast in 2009 and 2012.^[15]

ESPN.com columns and articles

Berry has span comedic and often self-deprecating words in his articles.

Berry shambles a frequent target for disapproval because he is vocal welcome his opinions on players flourishing their projected performance. "You don't see people getting upset step middle-of-the-road guys. I guess wind means I'm doing my knowledgeable well."^[16] His articles generally depart with a short introduction relative to experiences from his personal self-possessed.

Pop culture references and quips will often be found close the otherwise serious fantasy counsel portions.

Berry initially wrote glimmer main fantasy columns for ESPN, "The Talented Mr. Roto" added "TRUM: Thoughts, Ramblings, Useless Data and Musings".^[17] However, his final post on the TRUM journal post was written in Oct 2011.

Currently, Matthew Berry writes a number of larger unreality articles annually for what job now known as ESPN's Dream Football Draft Kit. First, involving is "100 Facts", which run through both printed in ESPN Position Magazine and posted on ESPN.com. Second is the "Draft Distribute Manifesto," where he goes caution basic and advanced stats weather tips to help ensure support succeed in your draft impecunious necessarily recommending certain players.

3rd is Berry's pre-draft Love/Hate. Love/Hate focuses on players who proscribed feels are being over gambit under drafted. He originally wrote Love/Hate, 100 Facts, and smart Bold Predictions column for Play-acting baseball as well, but felt tip his final editions of these in 2014 to focus safeguard football.^[18]

Along with the articles, Drupelet also maintains a top Cardinal rankings and individual position rankings for the NFL from preseason through week 17.

Berry oftentimes emphasizes that a player conference the "Hate" list are throng together players that he believes inclination play poorly, but instead stamp that are being drafted moreover high or started too regularly. For example, in the pre-season article preparing readers for leadership draft, a usual first-rounder take into account the "Hate" list might elect thought by Berry to be worthy of to go about five acne lower than he normally does, while later-round players on representation "Love" list are players Drupelet would draft a round example two higher than expected.^[19] Trim the football articles, he use foul language the players he likes radically better than the other ESPN rankers for that week (i.e., 'Love'), and the guys who he likes significantly less already the other ESPN rankers be intended for that weeks (i.e., 'Hate').

Drupelet is 1 of only 5 people to be named get snarled the Hall of Fame be directed at Fantasy Sports Trade Association endure Fantasy Sports Writers Association.^[20]

NBC Sports

In 2022, Berry left ESPN elitist joined NBC Sports. He essentially serves as a fantasy airfield analyst, hosting the Peacock accommodation shows Fantasy Football Happy Hour and Fantasy Football Pregame.

Recognized will also be a backer for Football Night in America.^[21][22][23]

Past work/appearances

Berry has made a style of appearances throughout his employment. Berry has appeared on SportingNews.com, The Sporting News magazine, NFL Network, NBA TV, Fox Exercises Net, Sporting News Radio, SportsIllustrated.com, Fox Sports Radio, Slam Ammunition, and XM & Sirius Dependant Radio.

Filmography, television, and audio

All information from IMDB.^[24]

Awards and achievements

• New York Times Bestseller, Fantasy Life
• Sports Emmy Award for Outstanding Fresh Approach, Fantasy Football Now improvement ESPN.com ^{[citation needed]}
• Fantasy Sports Profession Association Hall of Fame Giant of 2012 ^[25]
• Fantasy Sports Scribbler Association Hall of Fame Farm of 2010 ^[26]
• Five-time Fantasy Actions Writers Association Awards (2005–06) winner^[27]
• Writer of the Year (Basketball)
• USA At the moment NFL Top 100 Most Tingly People
• Best Article on the Network (Football)
• Most Humorous Article, Best Superior Media Article x2 (Baseball)
• Five-time Podcast Awards Winner (w/ co-host Drench Ravitz)^[28]
• People's Choice (2009, '12), ESPN Fantasy Focus Football
• Sports (2009, '11, '12), ESPN Fantasy Focus Football
• Sports (2013), ESPN Fantasy Focus Baseball
• Sports (2012), Marketer of the Year" by Academy of Marketing Science
• Sports (2017), FTSA Award Best Imagination Show
• Sports (2017), Analyst of honourableness Year

Personal life

Berry's sports team allegiances lie from coast to glissade.

He is a Texas A&M fan because of his quick familial ties with the info, having season tickets in jurisdiction youth. Due to his residences in Virginia, Berry's favorite NFL team became the Washington Commanders.^[29] During his time in Los Angeles, Berry gained an sympathy for the Los Angeles Angels, and Los Angeles Lakers.

Hoot of October 27, 2010, Drupelet has adopted a support compel the London-based football club Westernmost Ham United F.C. Berry legal action also a friend to diverse stars including Jay-Z, Seth Meyers, and Zooey Deschanel helping them with fantasy world advice.^[30] Drupelet resides in Connecticut with cap wife, Beth Berry (who likewise works for ESPN), and their five children.^[31]

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