Al Michaels

Alan Richard Michaels born November 12 1944 is an American television playbyplay sportscaster for Thursday Night Football on Amazon Prime Video and in an emeritus role for NBC Sports He has worked on network sports television since 1971 with his most recent work being with NBC Sports after nearly three decades 19762006 with ABC Sports He is known for his many years calling playbyplay of National Football League NFL games including ABC Monday Night Football from 1986 to 2005 and NBC Sunday Night Football from 2006 to 2021 He is also known for famous calls in other sports including the Miracle on Ice at the 1980 Winter Olympics and the earthquakeinterrupted Game 3 of the 1989 World Series which was played in San Francisco