It was 41 years ago today that Americans were riveted to their TV sets watching what was truly a “Miracle on Ice” as the U.S. beat the Soviets in Olympic Hockey.
I remember it vividly. Al Michaels and Tim McCarver were broadcasting Game Three of the 1989 World Series between the Oakland A's and the San Francisco Giants when all of a sudden an earthquake happened.
This year's Super Bowl will be held on February 1, 2015 on NBC TV in Glendale, Arizona at the University of Phoenix Stadium. With NBC broadcasting the game, Al Michaels will handle the play-by-play. He is the number one football play-by-play man for that network. Fox has Joe Buck and CBS has Jim Nantz. If you had a choice, which one of the three would you rather listen to on television?
They have been the Washington Redskins since 1932, and now there is once again a movement to change the National Football League’s team nickname because it is offensive to many Native Americans.