Al Michaels
Al Michaels
Alan Richard "Al" Michaelsis an American television sportscaster...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionSportscaster
Date of Birth12 November 1944
CityBrooklyn, NY
CountryUnited States of America
extremely football monday night people prime special sports time work worked
Monday Night Football started in 1970, and when it started, it was something extremely special because sports had not been aired in prime time. So, it was a novelty, and a lot of people thought it wouldn't work, and, of course, it worked spectacularly well.
sports team hate
I think the Cowboys are one of only two teams in all of sports that engender love and hate to that extreme. The other is the Yankees. You love the Yankees or you hate the Yankees.
sports vanity play
It's the bane of both the news and sports businesses, both electronic and print - 'You heard it here first!' Who cares? That's nothing but a vanity play. If it's not right, it's garbage.
sports believe miracle
Do you believe in miracles?
entire hearing living looking miss rocky song southern tennessee top
Living here in southern California, I'll miss hearing Rocky Top for an entire week at the end of December. I was actually looking forward to it. Tennessee has a better fight song than Nebraska.
game lion next people preparing season starts
I won't be part of anything that distracts from our telecast. We are preparing to do a game that about 100 mil- lion people will watch. That is all we are doing. Next season starts next week.
people
People know me from a hockey game, from an earthquake, from the O.J case.
nbc series
I did the 1972 Sapporo Games, and I was also the Reds announcer and was folded into the NBC coverage for the 1972 World Series. I also did the 1979 World Series for ABC.
supposed
But we're not supposed to talk anything besides football.
creature home monday staying
I feel like I'm a creature of Monday night. I'm home and I'm staying home,
contention december discussed teams wants
Nobody wants to see teams out of contention showcased in December and January. I'm sure this is something that will be discussed again this off-season.
call tough
This was as tough a call as I've had to make. It wasn't 80-20, it was 51-49.
football time
When it comes down to it, I'm thinking about football all the time. When I'm on the golf course, I'm thinking about it. It's never out of your brain.
thinking technology available
When dealing in the technology, it becomes a question of whether you overuse something. I think that's worse than having something technologically available to you and not using it.