Canton, OH (Sports Network) – Al Michaels has been named the winner of the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s Pete Rozelle Radio & Television Award.<\/p>\n
Michaels, the long-time voice of the NFL on prime time with ABC and NBC, will be honored Friday, Aug. 2 during the Hall of Fame’s induction weekend. The Hall’s Class of 2013 features Larry Allen, Cris Carter, Curley Culp, Jonathan Ogden, Bill Parcells, Dave Robinson and Warren Sapp.<\/p>\n
The Rozelle award is presented as recognition for “long-time exceptional contributions to radio and television in professional football.”<\/p>\n
Michaels will enter his eighth season as the play-by-play broadcaster for NBC’s Sunday Night Football after a 20-year run in the same role for ABC’s Monday Night Football. He has called eight Super Bowls, including Super Bowl XLVI — the most-watched program in U.S. television history.<\/p>\n
A seven-time Emmy Award winner, Michaels is the only commentator to call the Super Bowl, World Series and NBA Finals, and host a Stanley Cup Final for network television.<\/p>\n
Michaels has also covered numerous Olympics and received his first Sportscaster of the Year award in 1980, following his memorable broadcasts of the United States’ hockey team’s gold-medal run at the Lake Placid Games when he made the memorable call of “Do you believe in miracles? Yes!” as the Americans upset the Soviet Union.<\/p>\n
Previous Rozelle winners of the play-by-play variety have included Jim Nantz (2011), Don Criqui (2003), Dick Enberg (1999), Jack Buck (1996), Curt Gowdy (1993) and Lindsey Nelson (1990).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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