Al Michaels
(Sports Commentator)

Tie to Hawaii - Announced Hawaii Islanders Baseball as well as the University of Hawaii Rainbow Men's Football and Basketball Games.

Biography

Al Michaels was born in Brooklyn, New York. He attended Hamilton High School in Los Angeles, California where he was a football and baseball player. Later, Michaels went on to study radio and television (major) and journalism (minor) at Arizona State University.

In 1968, Michaels began broadcasting the baseball games of the Hawaii Islanders. During this time, he also called the play-by-play for the University of Hawaii Rainbow men's football and basketball games. He later received the honor of "Sportscaster of the Year".

In 1971, he moved to Cincinnati and became the number one broadcaster for the Reds. Then, in 1974, he repeated that feat, this time with the San Francisco Giants.

Michaels joined ABC Sports full time in January of 1977 and has covered many events including NCAA Football, NHL Hockey, the Olympic Games and ABC's Wide World of Sports, Major League Baseball and currently as the play-by-play announcer for Monday Night Football.

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Links

• Bio from ABCMNF.go.com
• Column from ABCMNF.go.com
• Fact Sheet from E! Online
• Info from Barber & Associates
• Directory for Monday Night Football (Yahoo! Club)
• USENET: alt.sports.football
• USENET: alt.sports.football.pro
• USENET: clari.sports.football
• USENET: clari.sports.football.pro
• USENET: rec.sport.football.pro
• USENET: us.sport.football

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