#TBT: Hawaii Pro Bowls with Chris Berman
Today’s #TBT takes us to a place where it’s 80 degrees and sunny – Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, Hawaii, site of the 2016 Pro Bowl (Sunday, Jan. 31, at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN).
ESPN televised the game last year to kick off Super Bowl week in Glendale, Ariz., but this is ESPN’s first Pro Bowl in Hawaii since 2006.
Sunday NFL Countdown host Chris Berman – who has covered all 11 of ESPN’s previous Pro Bowl games – says he’s thrilled to see the game return to the islands and to the network.
“People in Hawaii are so excited to have the Pro Bowl, and I’m just thrilled it’s there. Fans in our 50th state – they’re really big football fans. This is their Super Bowl, and ESPN has always treated it as such. We got the game going again in the national conscience in the late 1980s. And then we got it again in the mid 2000’s. Now, we’ve reacquired the Pro Bowl. I’m excited to see it first-hand because I know how big fans they are. And I’m proud that we have it because in our early days it was a big deal and I still treat it as such.”
Berman will be part of Sunday’s two-hour Postseason NFL Countdown Pro Bowl pregame special (5 p.m., ESPN) and halftime show.
Time (ET) | Show | Network |
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11 a.m.-12 p.m. | Postseason NFL Countdown Presented by Snickers | ESPN |
5-7 p.m. | Postseason NFL Countdown Presented by Snickers | ESPN |
7-10 p.m. | 2016 Pro Bowl Presented by USAA | ESPN |
10-11:30 p.m. | SportsCenter | ESPN |