Colin Cowherd Podcast - Al Michaels on Working with Madden, "Miracle on Ice" Behind-The-Scenes, Broadcasting Future
The Herd with Colin Cowherd
iHeartPodcasts and The Volume
4.1 • 10.3K Ratings
🗓️ 22 December 2021
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Legendary broadcaster Al Michaels joins Colin for a great conversation about his incredible career in sports. They discuss how he made the switch from MLB to NFL play-by-play (3:00), how the Internet has changed his preparation for games (11:00), the first time he ever worked with John Madden (13:00), when he knew football had surpassed baseball as America's pastime (23:00), his future in broadcasting (26:00), his earliest memories in sports (29:00), stories from his personal life (32:00), and behind-the-scenes details from his iconic "Miracle on Ice" call (38:00).
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| 0:00.0 | The volume. |
| 0:05.0 | Are you ready? |
| 0:06.0 | Let go! |
| 0:07.0 | It's a Saturday triple header. |
| 0:09.0 | Only on NFL Network. |
| 0:11.0 | Go to Southern Ability. |
| 0:12.0 | First, the cults battle the Vikings. |
| 0:14.0 | Touchdown! |
| 0:15.0 | Yeah! |
| 0:16.0 | Then, the Ravens face the Browns. |
| 0:18.0 | Goin' in! Touchdown! |
| 0:20.0 | And the dolphins take on the bills in prime time. |
| 0:23.0 | I'm here! |
| 0:24.0 | Back to back to back. |
| 0:27.0 | It's a Saturday showdown triple header. |
| 0:29.0 | Saturday starting at 1 p.m. Easter. |
| 0:31.0 | Only on NFL Network. |
| 0:33.0 | Leonel Mess. |
| 0:35.0 | She behavior! |
| 0:36.0 | Legendary soccer player. |
| 0:38.0 | I feel like there's nothing this player couldn't do. |
| 0:40.0 | But he's never won a World Cup. |
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