Al Michaels gives the play-byplay call for Super Bowl XLIX Sunday on NBC. By George Dickie Š Zap2it
Sunday marks something of a milestone for Al Michaels. It was 30 years ago that the veteran of Olympics, Monday Night Football telecasts, NFL, NBA and MLB postseasons and many other high-profile sporting events took part in his first Super Bowl, doing studio duties for ABC for its coverage of Super Bowl XIX, won by Joe Montana and the San Francisco 49ers, who defeated Dan Marino’s Miami Dolphins, 3816, at Stanford Stadium in Northern California. Since, he’s gone on to call play-byplay on six more NFL title games with various booth partners at ABC, and been “traded� in 2006 for Oswald the Lucky Rabbit to NBC, where he’s done two more. State Lic. # 18244
He’s also seen the game go from championship game to major TV event to cultural phenomenon. Or, as he puts it, “They might as well declare it an official national holiday.� Sunday, Feb. 1, he joins analyst Cris Collinsworth to call his ninth NFL title game and third for NBC when the Seattle Seahawks seek to make it two championships in a row against the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLIX at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Ariz. As for past Super Bowl thrills, Michaels indicates his biggest came in 2009, when the Pittsburgh Steelers came from behind after blowing a big lead late in the game to defeat the Arizona Cardinals, 27-23, in Super Bowl XLIII at Raymond James Sta-
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dium in Tampa, Fla. It was the franchise’s record sixth Vince Lombardi Trophy. “(It was) a back-and-forth game that featured two of the greatest plays in Super Bowl history,� he says. “James Harrison’s 100-yard interception return for a touchdown as the half expired, and Santonio Holmes’ phenomenal catch in the corner of the end zone to cap a 93-yard, gamewinning drive in the final minute.� While many broadcasters fondly remember their first Super Bowl, Michaels was underwhelmed by his first as a main play-by-play man for ABC in 1988, when the Washington Redskins blew out the Denver Broncos, 42-10, in Super Bowl XXII at Jack Murphy Stadium in San Diego.
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