As reported in USA Today this morning, ESPN is expected to announce later today that Chris Berman, longtime anchor at the Worldwide Leader, will be signing a multi-year deal to stay with the network. Berman acts as one of the regular contributors to Sunday editions of Sportscenter, serves as the host for NFL Sunday Countdown and has contributed his unique flavor of play-by-play to the annual MLB Homerun Derby in July.

Back in October, Cincinnati Bengals receiver Chad Ochocinco announced plans to create his own Twitter-based football news network, the not-so-subtly-titled OCNN, with Motorola. Now, after a dormant period, OCNN is finally in action, using the Super Bowl’s infamous Media Day as a springboard.

Being Phil Mushnick ought to be exhausting. His “Equal Time” column, a cranky collection of gripes that generally coalesce around the topic of sports media, runs thrice weekly in the New York Post. That’s a lot of outrage for one writer to manufacture!