After reports of his retirement, this ESPN icon's camp is fighting off the rumor

Reports stunned the sports world that historic ESPN personality Chris Berman would be retiring at the end of next season.

Berman's agent has now reportedly denied those reports:

Chris Berman's agent denies retirement report:"Chris is NOT retiring. Loves what he's doing too much and is too young to hang 'em up."

— Richard Sandomir (@RichSandomir) May 27, 2016

Berman's agent adds, on retirement report: "Perhaps people with an agenda put it out there."

— Richard Sandomir (@RichSandomir) May 27, 2016

Richard Deitsch at Sports Illustrated, who is generally pretty keyed in on these topics, noted that while Berman won't return to Sunday NFL Countdown, Monday Night Countdown nor the network's NFL Draft coverage, he hasn't decided whether he'll retire or not.

"According to ESPN sources, the possibility exists for Berman, 61, to have some sort of broadcasting emeritus role in 2017-18, which could include working on the network's NFL postseason or Super Bowl coverage."

Trey Wingo and Suzy Kolber have been tabbed as potential replacements.

In recent weeks, Heather Cox, Cris Carter, Ray Lewis, Joe Schad, Trent Dilfer, Mike Tirico and Skip Bayless have reportedly left the network.