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Al Michaels: Biography

Al Michaels

Birth Name: Alan Richard Michaels
Birth Place: Brooklyn, NY
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 11/12/1944, Scorpio
Profession: TV sportscaster

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Al Michaels Fast Facts:

First play-by-play commentator to cover all four major championships in U.S. sports: NBA, NHL, MLB and NFL.
Best-known for calling the 1980 Winter Olympic hockey game between the U.S. and the Soviet Union with the final-second exclamation, "Do you believe in miracles? Yes!"
Has won four sports Emmys, and was nominated for a news Emmy for his work during the San Francisco earthquake at the 1989 World Series.
Was inducted into the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association Hall of Fame in 1998.
Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2004.

Al Michaels Relationships:
David Michaels - Brother
Jay Michaels - Father
Jennifer Cohn - Daughter
Lila Michaels - Mother
Linda Anne Stamaton - Wife
Steven Michaels - Son
College:
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ (BA in Broadcasting, 1966)

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