You Can't Make This Up: Miracles, Memories, and the Perfect Marriage of Sports and Television
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In this highly entertaining and insightful memoir, one of television's most respected broadcasters interweaves the story of his life and career with lively firsthand tales of some of the most thrilling events and fascinating figures in modern sports.
No sportscaster has covered more major sporting events than Al Michaels. Over the course of his forty-plus year career, he has logged more hours on live network television than any other broadcaster in history, and 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 has also witnessed first-hand some of the most memorable events in modern sports, and in this highly personal and revealing account, brings them vividly to life.
Michaels shares never-before-told stories from his early years and his rise to the top, covering some of the greatest moments of the past half century—from the "Miracle on Ice"—the historic 1980 Olympic hockey finals—to the earthquake that rocked the 1989 World Series. Some of the greatest names on and off the field are here—Michael Jordan, Bill Walton, Pete Rose, Bill Walsh, Peyton and Eli Manning, Brett Favre, John Madden, Howard Cosell, Cris Collinsworth, and many, many more.
Forthright and down-to-earth, Michaels tells the truth as he sees it, giving readers unique insight into the high drama, the colorful players, and the heroes and occasional villains of an industry that has become a vital part of modern culture.
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Al Michaels. (2014). You Can't Make This Up: Miracles, Memories, and the Perfect Marriage of Sports and Television. HarperCollins.
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L. Jon Wertheim is the executive editor of Sports Illustrated. He is the author of seven highly praised books, including the New York Times bestseller Scorecasting. He is a regular contributor to CNN and National Public Radio and is a commentator for the Tennis Channel.
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In this highly entertaining and insightful memoir, one of television's most respected broadcasters interweaves the story of his life and career with lively firsthand tales of some of the most thrilling events and fascinating figures in modern sports.
No sportscaster has covered more major sporting events than Al Michaels. Over the course of his forty-plus year career, he has logged more hours on live network television than any other broadcaster in history, and 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 has also witnessed first-hand some of the most memorable events in modern sports, and in this highly personal and revealing account, brings them vividly to life.
Michaels shares never-before-told stories from his early years and his rise to the top, covering some of the greatest moments of the past half century—from the "Miracle on Ice"—the historic 1980 Olympic hockey finals—to the earthquake that rocked the 1989 World Series. Some of the greatest names on and off the field are here—Michael Jordan, Bill Walton, Pete Rose, Bill Walsh, Peyton and Eli Manning, Brett Favre, John Madden, Howard Cosell, Cris Collinsworth, and many, many more.
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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
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In this fairly straightforward autobiography, Michaels, with the help of Sports Illustrated writer and author Wertheim (Strokes of Genius), chronicles how his early love of sports growing up in Brooklyn and Southern California inspired him to want to become a broadcaster at an early age. Singularly focused on that one goal, Michaels worked his butt off, first at Arizona State University, and later calling minor league baseball and all manner of high school games in Hawaii. This dedication led to jobs with the Cincinnati Reds, San Francisco Giants, ABC's Wide World of Sports, the NFL, and the Olympics. Michael's most memorable moment is calling the US hockey team's upset over the Soviet Union in 1980 and makes for the most interesting chapter as it demonstrates his passion for sports, dedication to his craft, and humility, as he admits he had "no idea what I'd said," when he uttered his famous line, "Do you believe in miracles? Yes." There are a host of fun and interesting stories peppered throughout the book, and fanatic and casual sports fans alike will enjoy his insider's perspective and personal anecdotes about sports legends like Howard Cosell, Pete Rose, O.J. Simpson, and countless other stars and broadcasters. A testament to Michaels' commitment to and love of sports, this memoir may not be a miracle but it certainly is memorable. Agent: Richard Abate, 3 Arts Entertainment
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Emmy Award-winning sports broadcaster Michaels recounts his long, illustrious television career in an autobiography cowritten by prolific author Wertheim (Blood in the Cage). Michaels, who is known to many for his "Do you believe in miracles? Yes!" call at the 1980 Winter Olympics "Miracle on Ice" hockey game, takes readers behind the scenes of a remarkably eclectic career that began as a Hawaii minor league baseball announcer in the late 1960s and has since encompassed everything from the Olympics to the Super Bowl to Wide World of Sports. Writing with humor and humility, Michaels provides inimitable insight into covering some of sports' biggest moments live on television and shares his perspective on working with legendary sportscasters and larger than life personalities, such as John Madden and Howard Cosell, plus a revolving cast of Monday Night Football analysts. Michaels's story is rife with amusingly told lessons for aspiring broadcasters, but adult themes and profane language make this inappropriate for younger sports fans. VERDICT This breezy, immensely entertaining book is recommended as light reading to adult readers interested in the inner workings of sports television broadcasting.--Douglas King, Univ. of South Carolina Lib., Columbia
Copyright 2014 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
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The ubiquitous Michaels has been a presence in television sports broadcasting since the 1970s. His defining moment came in the 1980 Winter Olympics, when the unheralded U.S. hockey team dispatched the heavily favored Soviets. Michaels' call as the game ended, Do you believe in miracles? YES!, has become a beloved sports catchphrase. Michaels' longest-running assignment was as the lead announcer on Monday Night Football, a post he held for 20 years, from 1986 to 2005. His strength as an announcer consists of his virtual invisibility coupled with tremendous preparation. This egoless announcing style is great in the booth but doesn't necessarily translate into great reading. Readers are given a fairly dry recitation of the announcer's career ( and then I moved on to . . . ). He sprinkles the narrative with anecdotes of players, managers, and coaches, but, gentleman that he seems to be, there is no dishing here nor even much that isn't common knowledge (e.g., Pete Rose always liked to gamble). Still, this is a solid professional memoir by a nice person who rose to the top of his field.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2014, American Library Association.)
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