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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Do you believe in miracles?
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It would be a nice way for this whole run to end with the first overtime Super Bowl.
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Oswald is definitely worth more than a fourth-round draft choice. I'm going to be a trivia answer someday.
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You either go through your life working for someone and getting a paycheck - and it can be a damn good paycheck, and I am not complaining as someone who has always been a salaried employee - or you can go out and become an entrepreneur.
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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.
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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.
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But we're not supposed to talk anything besides football.
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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.
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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.
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I feel like I'm a creature of Monday night. I'm home and I'm staying home,
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With his wealth of experience, and the knowledge he's obviously accumulated through the years, Emmitt Smith would be a much smarter runner at this point of his career.