In the tradition of the fantastic support we've received year in and year out from NBC 5 Chicago, this year we welcome the one and only Mike Berman to our ballroom. Since the day he knew he wanted to be a sports journalist, Mike’s dream was to work in his hometown. That dream became a reality in August of 2016 when he joined the NBC 5 Sports team. And we think secretly, part of that was because he wanted to join our Chicago ballroom!
Mike is thrilled to be covering all the Chicago-area teams he grew up cheering for in the country’s best sports town, and we're delighted to report he's going to add to his list of great events covered by not just being at but by starring in Dancing With Chicago Celebrities... So he can add that to all he's covered including the Super Bowl, World Series, NBA Finals, Indy 500, Men’s and Women’s Final Four, College World Series, and many bowl games and it makes for quite a list.
Before coming home, Mike was the main sports anchor at WTTV (CBS) in Indianapolis and was a sports anchor/reporter at Time Warner Cable News in Austin, Tex. He began his career in Springfield, Ill., where he served as sports anchor/reporter at WICS (ABC) for 2 years. Mike grew up in Northbrook. He attended Glenbrook North High School.