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Al Michaels continued serving as ABC's lead play-by-play announcer for their ice hockey coverage for their next two Winter Olympics, both with Dryden, the lead color commentator. In 1984 from Sarajevo, Mike Eruzione, who was the captain of the gold medal-winning United States ice hockey team from 1980, primarily worked with Don Chevrier.
In 2009, Collinsworth filled the color-commentator role vacated by John Madden on NBC's Sunday Night Football, with Al Michaels. [25] and as of 2022 is in his fourteenth season of the high-profile telecast, paired with Mike Tirico, after Michaels was named the new play-by-play announcer for Prime Video’s coverage of Thursday Night Football.
Alton Court (Bud) Michaels (April 1, 1900 – October 21, 1972) [1] was an American football running back. After attending Ohio State University , he joined the Akron Pros of the National Football League , and played a total of 14 games for the team in the 1923 and 1924 seasons, earning first-team All-Pro honors in 1923. [ 2 ]
Monday Night Football broadcaster Al Michaels credits Grosscup for developing the shovel pass or "Utah pass," although Grosscup acknowledges that the play was used decades earlier in the 1920s. [ 6 ] Grosscup finished his junior season in 1957, completing 94 of 137 passes (68.6%) for 1,398 yards and 10 touchdowns.
Francis Newton Gifford (August 16, 1930 – August 9, 2015) was an American professional football player, actor, and television sports commentator.After a 12-year playing career as a halfback, flanker and safety for the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL), he was a play-by-play announcer and commentator for 27 years on ABC's Monday Night Football.
Michael Todd Tirico (/ t ɪ ˈ r iː k oʊ /; born December 13, 1966) [1] is an American sportscaster.He is currently the NFL play-by-play announcer on NBC's Sunday Night Football, having replaced Al Michaels in 2022, and is set to become the lead play-by-play announcer for the network's return of NBA coverage in 2025.
Playing in the NFL for St. Louis, he was selected by the National Football League Players Association as the Offensive Lineman of the Year for three consecutive years from 1976 to 1978. Between 1974 and 1980, he played in the Pro Bowl six times and was chosen as a first-team All-Pro five times.
John Earl Madden (April 10, 1936 – December 28, 2021) was an American professional football coach and sports commentator in the National Football League (NFL). He served as the head coach of the Oakland Raiders from 1969 to 1978, leading them to eight playoff appearances, seven division titles, seven AFL/AFC Championship Game appearances, and the franchise's first Super Bowl title in Super ...