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5 unusual facts about Rich Eisen


Bear Pascoe

Rich Eisen later referenced to the play by comparing Pascoe with Rob Gronkowski.

Rich Eisen

He was the main host of the show, NFL Total Access, the network flagship program, until August of 2011.

Among Eisen's notable achievements while at ESPN, was breaking the news of St. Louis slugger Mark McGwire's retirement from baseball in 2001 on SportsCenter.

Eisen was also the host of ESPN's reality series, Beg, Borrow & Deal.

Eisen also remains host of NFL Total Access and NFL GameDay Highlights, as well as NFL Network’s Thursday Night Football pregame, halftime and postgame shows and special on-location coverage from league events such as Kickoff, Pro Football Hall of Fame, NFL Scouting Combine, NFL Draft and Super Bowl.


Ali Baba Bunny

During his SportsCenter tenure, Rich Eisen would occasionally use the "Hassan chop!" phrase when a highlight showed a baseball player tossing his bat in disgust.

Mike Pereira

Pereira appeared on the NFL Network show, NFL Total Access, during the "Official Review" segment, to discuss key calls made during the previous week's games with host Rich Eisen every Wednesday during the season.


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