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Al Michaels reacts to Wild Card criticism: ‘Internet compost!’
While many were excited to see Al Michaels return to NBC for the NFL playoffs, they noted that he and broadcast partner Tony Dungy didn’t sound
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Al Michaels & Tony Dungy dragged over lifeless call of Jaguars’ epic comeback over Chargers
Al Michaels recently talked about what it was like calling Prime Video’s Thursday Night Football games this season, which were often uninteresting
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Al Michaels called both Asante Samuel father and son playoff interceptions against the Jaguars
Over 17 years ago, Asante Samuel intercepted the Jacksonville Jaguars on fourth down in an NFL Wild Card game. On Saturday night, Asante Samuel Jr.
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Al Michaels Reflects on NFL’s “Dreadful” Thursday Night Games as Ratings Fall
Always a somewhat questionable viewing product thanks to the short turnaround NFL coaches and players are required to make in order to play just four
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Al Michaels likens calling this season’s Amazon TNF games to selling a ‘used car’
It was an interesting year for Al Michaels. The longtime voice of Monday Night Football and then Sunday Night Football became the inaugural voice of
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Al Michaels says Andrew Whitworth is taking calls from NFL teams: ‘I don’t want to put him on the spot’
The NFL regular season began with rumors of Andrew Whitworth coming out of retirement, and the NFL season is now ending with rumors of Andrew
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Top Ten Sports Media Stories of 2022
2022 was a busy year in sports media. Some stories that did not make the top spot could have easily been the Story of the Year in other eras. As we
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The Awfulies – Awful Announcing’s 2022 Sports Media Awards
The year 2022 was a memorable one in the sports media. We saw comings and goings like never before amongst some of the top names in the industry,
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Joe Buck gave his best Al Michaels impression during Monday Night Football
Joe Buck understands the prestige of Monday Night Football and some of the iconic announcers who held the gig before him. Maybe that’s why Buck
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Grumpy Al Michaels would like the Rams’ PA announcer to pipe down
Was Al Michaels fed up with the Los Angeles Rams’ PA announcer, or is he just fed up with Thursday Night Football? During the Rams–Raiders
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Kevin Harlan calls Thursday Night Football an ‘eye-opening experience’ for Al Michaels
Al Michaels went from calling the best prime-time NFL game of the week to the worst. According to play-by-play colleague Kevin Harlan, the drop-off
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Al Michaels talks about ongoing Dan Snyder controversy
Reports emerged on Thursday detailing Dan Snyder’s plans to go after the NFL in general as well as specific owners if they tried to force him to
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Al Michaels is also bored with Colts vs. Broncos game
The first half of Thursday’s game between the Indianapolis Colts and Denver Broncos was — to put it kindly — not pretty. Denver led
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Al Michaels is also bored with Colts vs. Broncos game
The first half of Thursday’s game between the Indianapolis Colts and Denver Broncos was — to put it kindly — not pretty. Denver led
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Amazon’s ‘Thursday Night Football’ criticized for initial Tua Tagovailoa injury coverage, though they soon adjusted
It was a true worst-case scenario on Thursday night for Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa, the Dolphins organization, and the NFL. And