Al Michaels praises TNF schedule: ‘We’ve come a long way, baby’
"So I think we're kind of right there where we had hoped to be four years into it."
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Al Michaels: ‘It would be embarrassing’ to have farewell tour
"When you make yourself the story, you do a disservice to the business."
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Al Michaels advises Tom Brady to ‘savor’ Super Bowl broadcast
"The platform will be his biggest, but the game will take him where he needs to go as a broadcaster."
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Boomer Esiason says Al Davis relationship created ‘disconnect’ with Al Michaels on ‘Monday Night Football’
"Al Michaels told me in the booth that ‘if you mentioned his name, you're going to get dead air. We don't get along with Al Davis.’"
Al Michaels ‘leaning’ toward return for 2025 season: ‘Why walk away?’
“I still get excited walking into a stadium. I still love to do what I do. So, why walk away?”
Al Michaels believes critics of Tom Brady are just jealous of him
"Whatever [the criticism] is, I think it's borne out of jealousy more than anything else."
Al Michaels: Mike Tomlin would be ‘fantastic’ at broadcasting
"If I had a debate team, I would make him my captain."
St. Louis Blues score seven goals, troll low-scoring ‘Thursday Night Football’ result
"As a Chicago Bears and St. Louis Blues fan, this hurts and kicks ass all at the same time."
Kirk Herbstreit stunned to learn Al Michaels called NASCAR events
"What haven't you done?"
Al Michaels jokes Seahawks-Bears ended with same score as Mariners-White Sox
Surely fans of the Seahawks and Bears would hope to outscore their city's baseball teams next week.
Al Michaels reflects on broadcasting future beyond 2025: ‘As long as I have the passion, I’ll continue’
"I'm not sitting here going, 'I've got to do this until I die, or I've got to set some kind of broadcasting record.'"
Rival exec accuses NFL of being ‘slanted’ towards Amazon, Thursday Night Football
Other NFL rightsholders are getting jealous of the great schedule and increasing ratings of Amazon's Thursday Night Football.
Al Michaels says he ‘wasn’t allowed to’ talk Super Bowl XXIX spread
"At that point, I wasn't allowed to."
Why did Al Michaels yell ‘Private Parts’ in NFL highlight?
"Rams start this drive from the 33. And Private Parts"
Al Michaels expected to return to Amazon’s ‘Thursday Night Football’ in 2025
Michaels is expected to return on a 'year-to-year' basis.
Cris Collinsworth explains origins of his slide
Dan Campbell kept Al Michaels, Kirk Herbstreit guessing during ‘TNF’
"Ain't this fascinating?"
Kirk Herbstreit debunks Chiefs conspiracy in wild Raiders finish
Amazon analyst Kirk Herbstreit referenced an obscure NFL rule on social media in attempting to explain the strange Chiefs-Raiders ending.
Al Michaels and Kirk Herbstreit called chaotic Raiders-Chiefs finish
Neither announcer had any idea what was going on.
Al Michaels: ‘You cannot win in gambling, it’s a rigged game’
"Once in a while, you’ll hit the jackpot or whatever. But over the long run, I’m sorry, you can’t."
Al Michaels drops casual Aaron Hernandez comparison during Raiders-Chiefs
Broadcasters comparing current athletes to players of the past probably happens during every single game. But generally, announcers...
Al Michaels having fun again on ‘Thursday Night Football’
"I'm not sure I want this to end."
TNF broadcast made snowy conditions in Steelers-Browns game feel special
Despite the harsh conditions, Amazon put on a seamless TNF broadcast in Week 12.