"It's a game everyone can play...and does."
- Chris Boomer Berman (ESPN)
ABOUT
GAME ON:
Broadcast legend Chris Berman invented The ‘Cheesy Name Game. The Cheesy Name Hall of Fame was opened to honor the ‘gratest, ‘cheesiest names EVER, and to attract a new generation of gamers into the ‘Cheesy game.
"a game everyone can play… and does"
CHRIS BOOMER BERMAN (ESPN)
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LET'S PLAY:
The Cheesy Name Game is played by combining the name of a cheese with the name of someone in a popular sport.​
EXAMPLE: Shedeur ‘Shredda-Chedda Sanders; Martina ‘MAZerrella Navratilova
The Cheesy Name Hall of Fame debuted its 2025 Football Class at the 2025 NFL Draft in Green Bay Wisconsin. Six Real Cheesy Names were inducted into The Football Wing of The Hall of Fame: Inductees HERE; Media Honorable Mentions HERE
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The Hall of Fame rolls out The 2025 Calendar – with MORE Cheesy Name Contests – as the various seasons roll on. The Hall of Fame is also introducing two, new, Cheesy Name categories: 1.) Government Officials and 2.) Business People. (Media/Influencers who cover Business/Government are also eligible.)
EXAMPLE: Bernie Aged Cheddar Sanders; Elon Smoked Mozzarella Musk; Walter Cronkite Klondike Feta.​ Donald Make American Cheese ‘Grate Again!​​
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ANYONE CAN PLAY:
Nominations:
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Artisan Cheese Near Me
A short pass away from Lambeau Field are some of the finest cheesemakers in theworld: Good Food and Cheesy Content. Stop by!
Winning awards - and so much praise - for 65 years, Renards Cheese is just 25 minutes East of Lambeau Field.
One of the only 100%, domestically-produced goat cheese brands in the country, LaClare milk comes from
dairies within 10 miles of the creamery: just South of Lambeau in Malone WI
Hand-crafted, award-winning, natural cheeses for more than 50 years, Springside Cheese is 30 minutes North of Lambeau Field.
A tradition of independent cheesemaking, Union Star Cheese has been making great cheese since before Great Aunt Edna was running the show back in the day.
Since 1924, Scray Cheese has been a cornerstone of cheesemaking. It’s just South of Lambeau in DePere WI.
On the shores of beautiful Lake Michigan, Wakker Cheese produces traditional, farmstead-styled Gouda.
Cheesy Name Hall of Fame Cheesemakers:
Reserve Bella Vitano Sartori Cheese
Marieke Golden Marieke Gouda
Cave-Aged Marisa Carr Valley Cheese
Van Gogh Edam; Grand Cru Surchoix Emmi Roth
Red Rock; Dunbarton Blue Roelli Cheese
Moody Blue; Buttermilk Blue Roth Cheese
Hatch Pepper Cheddar Henning Cheese
Saxony Saxon Creamery
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Blue Marble Jack Nasonville Dairy
Le Rouge Red Barn Family Farms
Anabasque Landmark Creamery
Bad Axe; Wischego Hidden Springs Creamery
Salemville Smokehaus Saputo Cheese
Vat 17 Deer Creek Cheese
KwikTrip Kurds Kwik Trip Dairy