The current play-by-play commentator, he's remembered for calling the Olympic hockey games in the '80s
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NBC Olympics to have record 170 commentators for Rio Games ...  Jul 5, 2016 ... NBC Olympics will have 170 commentators for the Rio Games, a record amount for a single Olympics. ... Marc Zumoff, Play-by-Play (Women's) ... Field Hockey .... VIDEO: Phelps in 'Call of Duty' trailer ... It says the Karolyis, and the current and former presidents of USA Gymnastics knew of molestations...
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Sports commentators doing other sports [Archive] - HFBoards  We all know Al Michaels doing Hockey during the Miracle on Ice. ... Sam Rosen calls football games on FOX although he's much more known ... for a few decades is somehow an analyst for gymnastics in the Olympics. ... Doesn't Baltimore Oriole TV Play-By-Play Announcer Gary Thorne does other sports?
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Bob Costas - Wikipedia  Robert Quinlan "Bob" Costas (born March 22, 1952) is an American sportscaster, on the air for NBC Sports television since the early 1980s, who has been the prime-time host of twelve Olympic games. Costas does play-by-play for MLB Network, and hosts an interview show ... At age 22, he went to KMOX, calling play-by-play for the Spirits of St. Louis of...
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record 170 commentators join nbc olympics' coverage of the games ...  Aug 1, 2016 ... Al Michaels & Mike Tirico to Host Daytime Show on NBC ... the network's signature Olympic hosts, play-by-play commentators and analysts ... Olympics stands as one of the most famous calls in sports history. ... He previously was host of the Olympic hockey coverage at the 2014 Sochi Games and served as...
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Al Michaels - Wikipedia - Busabout  Oct 19, 2016 ... He also called play-by-play for the University of Hawaii's football and ... He left NBC that year and announced regional NFL games for CBS ... Michaels initially joined ABC as the back-up announcer on Monday Night ... Two of Michaels's more famous broadcasts were of the 1980 Winter Olympics ice hockey...
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[Legends of Hockey] Tony Esposito-Biography  It all started in the Esposito household, with both Phil and Tony, playing knee ... After losing the game his brother Phil came over to him and called him a ... Tony also excelled in many other sports including football, track + field, and softball. ... Guy Lafleur, and owner Ed Snider were inducted in the Hockey Hall of Fame.
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GARY CARTER | Baseball in Montreal | Pinterest | Montreal ...  New York Yankee baseball player Mickey Mantle (1931 - 1995) ..... TVA Sports recently had former Expos ace Steve Rogers on air. ..... Aaron (born February 5, 1934), nicknamed "Hammer," or "Hammerin' Hank," is a retired American baseball ..... Patrick Ewing is a famous NBA player who was born in Kingston, Jamaica.
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Al Michaels - Wikipedia  Alan Richard "Al" Michaels (born November 12, 1944) is an American television sportscaster. ... His first sportscasting job came in 1964, when he was hired to do public ... He also called play-by-play for the University of Hawaii's football and ..... Early in the 20042005 season, ABC found a new partner for Al Michaels.
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Miracle on Ice team celebrates 35 years later - Student News Daily  Feb 24, 2015 ... 22, 1980, the U.S. Olympic hockey team upset the U.S.S.R. 4-3 in ... of words that many American hockey fans can recite from memory. ... of broadcaster Al Michaels' call of, Do you believe in miracles? ... So yeah, they were pretty good. ... 5: Total Stanley Cup titles won by members of the Miracle on Ice...
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No. 99 Gets Goal No. 802 --Now He's No. 1 on List : Hockey: The ...  Mar 24, 1994 ... Gretzky put his own unique signature on the historic goal, jamming it into the ... in Edmonton, where he started his NHL career and won four Stanley ... To hear a replay of the call of Wayne Gretzky's NHL record-setting goal,...
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US hockey team makes miracle on ice - Feb 22, 1980 - HISTORY.com  On this day in History, U.S. hockey team makes miracle on ice on Feb 22, ... Year Published ... the four-time defending gold-medal winning Soviet team at the XIII Olympic ... as the period progressed, with Sergei Makarov giving his team a 2-1 lead. ... About a minute and a half later, Mike Eruzione, whose last name means...
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Dave Sims - Wikipedia  Dave Sims (born February 14, 1953) is an American sportscaster. He currently is the television play-by-play commentator for the Seattle Mariners on Root Sports Northwest, the radio play-by-play man for Sunday Afternoon Football on Westwood One, and the co-host (with Mike Krzyzewski) of Basketball and Beyond with Coach ... of varsity football, finishing third in kickoff returns in the Presidents' Athletic...
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Hockeycentral | NHL | Movers & Shapers | R. Alan Eagleson  The story of R. Alan Eagleson  lawyer, player agent, founder of the NHL Players' ... Once billed as the great emancipator of National Hockey League players, in the ... Alan Eagleson was hired by budding superstar Bobby Orr to represent him in .... Two years after the historic summit, the renegade World Hockey Association...
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Good God, That's Jim Ross' Music: The Greatest Calls of a Wrestling ...  Sep 11, 2013 ... WWE announcer and color commentator Jim Ross retired after over 30 years of calling sports broadcasts. He may not be a hero in conventional...
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Former Red Sox Broadcaster Curt Gowdy Dies At 86 - Free Republic  Feb 20, 2006 ... He was the radio voice of the Red Sox from 1951 to 1965. ... He also spent two decades as the host of "The American Sportsman". ... He joined the writers and broadcasters wing of the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1984. .... The announcers would take turns going to the TV broadcast when televised or both be...
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Wayne Gretzky - Wikipedia  Wayne Douglas Gretzky CC is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and former head coach. He played 20 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for four teams from 1979 to 1999. ..... That year, Gretzky became the first hockey player and first Canadian to be named Associated Press Male Athlete of the...
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Miracle on Ice - Wikipedia  The "Miracle on Ice" refers to a medal-round game during the men's ice hockey tournament at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, played between the hosting United States, and the defending gold medalists, the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union had won the gold medal in six of the seven previous Winter ... By contrast, the United States' team led by head coach Herb Brooks...
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Wayne Gretzky - Wikipedia  Wayne Douglas Gretzky CC is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and former head coach. He played 20 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for four teams from 1979 to 1999. Nicknamed "The Great One", he has been called "the greatest hockey player...
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Herb Brooks - MIRACLE ON ICE  Brooks later returned to the Olympic Winter Games as head coach of the 1998 ... Most recently, he led the U.S. Olympic Men's Ice Hockey Team to the silver medal ... His NHL head coaching career includes guiding the Pittsburgh Penguins to a ... NHL victory, after accepting the reins partway through the 1999-2000 season.
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Revisiting Gretzky's 802nd - NHL.com  Mar 23, 2016 ... Mar 23, 1994: The Great One smashes Mr. Hockey's all-time mark at home in LA with a power ... THIS DATE IN 1994: @LAKings Wayne Gretzky scored career goal #802 to ... In May 1985, ex-King Victor Netchaev was called by federal ... He disguises himself as a hockey player during the colder months.
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Jim McKay, Pioneer Sports Broadcaster, Dies at 86 - The New York ...  Jun 8, 2008 ... Jim McKay, the genial ABC Sports broadcaster whose calm voice and trustworthy ... Bob Costas of NBC Sports, a younger-generation sportscaster, once said: Jim ... His professionalism and sensitivity melded in 1972. ... Mr. McKay's work at Munich won him an Emmy Award for news coverage, the first for a...