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Al Michaels

Biography

Al Michaels

Al Michaels primetime network television than anyone in history, including 20 years as the play-by-play voice of "Monday Night Football." He won his first Sportscaster of the Year award in 1980, became the second sportscaster in history to receive a News Emmy nomination for his coverage of the San Francisco earthquake during the 1989 World Series, and was honored with a lifetime achievement award at the 2011 Sports Emmys. Michaels has covered eight Olympics, and is currently the play-by-play voice of NBC’s "Sunday Night Football," TV’s highest-rated show. He lives in Los Angeles.

Al Michaels

Books by Al Michaels

by Al Michaels with L. Jon Wertheim - Memoir, Nonfiction, Sports

No sportscaster has covered more major sporting events than Al Michaels. He is the only play-by-play commentator to have covered all four major sports championships: the Super Bowl, World Series, NBA Finals and the Stanley Cup Final. He has also witnessed firsthand some of the most memorable events in modern sports, and in this highly personal and revealing account, brings them vividly to life.