You Can't Make This Up: Miracles, Memories, And The Perfect Marriage Of Sports And Television

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No sportscaster has covered more major sporting events than Al Michaels. During the course of his forty-plus year career, he has logged more hours on live primetime network television than anyone in history, having covered all four major sports championshipsthe Super Bowl, the World Series, the NBA Finals, and the Stanley Cup Finalas well as the Olympic Games, the Triple Crown, and many more. He has witnessed first-hand some of the most memorable events in sports, and in this highly personal and entertaining account, brings them all vividly to life.

Michaels stories cover unforgettable chapters over the past half century-from the 1980 Lake Placid Olympics Miracle on Ice to the earthquake that rocked the 1989 World Series to the drama of what many consider the most exciting Super Bowl everSuper Bowl XLIII between the Steelers and the Cardinals. Some of the biggest personalities on and off the field are herePete Rose, John Wooden, Brett Favre, Tommy Lasorda, O.J. Simpson, John Madden, Cris Collinsworth, Roone Arledge, Bill Parcells, Tiger Woods, Doc Rivers, Dennis Miller, and many, many more. Complementing access with insight, Michaels adds to the stories you thought you knew: Michael Jordans eyesight, Howard Cosells prickly, bombastic personality; even Peyton and Eli Mannings sibling rivalry.

From start to finish, Michaels gives us an up-close portrait of an industry that istoday more than evera vital part of our national culture.

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"An enjoyable look at an important period in sports and television history by a man who helped shape it." -- Washington Times

"A playful puppy of a memoir about a big dog career." -- Kirkus Reviews

Praise for Al Michaels: "Al Michaels is my favorite. . . . He is the last of the true icons." -- Eminem, in GQ Magazine

"Al Michaels might be the best storyteller in all of sports." -- Bill Simmons, editor-in-chief of Grantland and author of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Book of Basketball

"One of my favorite guests. I've lost track of how many times I've had Al Michaels on my shows" -- Howard Stern

"Al Michaels may be the best all-around play-by-play announcer ever." -- Sports Illustrated

Author Bio

Al Michaels has logged more hours on live network television than any other broadcaster in history, including twenty years as the play-by-play voice of Monday Night Football. He is the only play-by-play commentator to have covered all four major sports championships: the Super Bowl, World Series, NBA Finals, and the Stanley Cup Final. He won his first Sportscaster of the Year award in 1980, and became the second sportscaster in history to receive a News Emmy nomination for his coverage of the San Francisco earthquake during the 1989 World Series. Michaels cohosted NBCs coverage of the 2012 Summer Olympics and is currently lead broadcaster on NBCs Sunday Night Football, TVs highest rated show. He lives in Los Angeles.