Al Michaels

Al Michaels

Active - 1981 - 2021  |   Born - Nov 12, 1944 in Brooklyn, New York, United States  |   Genres - Sports & Recreation, Drama, Comedy

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  • First play-by-play commentator to cover all four major championships in U.S. sports: NBA, NHL, MLB and NFL.
  • Best-known for calling the 1980 Winter Olympic hockey game between the U.S. and the Soviet Union with the final-second exclamation, "Do you believe in miracles? Yes!"
  • Has won multiple sports Emmys, and was nominated for a news Emmy for his work during the San Francisco earthquake at the 1989 World Series.
  • Was inducted into the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association Hall of Fame in 1998. 
  • Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2004.
  • After nearly 30 years with ABC, left the network in 2006 for NBC and Sunday Night Football along with broadcast partner John Madden.