Len Berman Excited, Angsty About Leaving WNBC

The news has set in that longtime WNBC sports anchor Len Berman is leaving/being let go from the station, and it seems that Berman himself is a little conflicted. Though upbeat—he told Newsday's Neil Best, "This was something we have been talking about for a long time, and I think it benefits both of us... I feel I have other talents besides just reading sports news. And my wife [Jill] is jumping up and down."—Berman did say to the Daily News' Richard Huff, "I've done the same thing for so long I've gotten up and gone to work at 30 Rock for so long. I'm not going to have to wear a suit and tie. It's really a bit of angst." Berman's (rumored $1 million/year) contract ran into 2010 and he and WNBC had apparently been negotiating a settlement for months. Best put the news into perspective, "The man had a heck of a run. I'm so old, though, that to me he still seems like the new guy who just replaced Marv Albert on the Ch. 4 news."