Al Michaels, one of television's most respected journalists, has covered more major sports events than any sportscaster since joining ABC Sports in 1976. He has been widely acclaimed for his knowledgeable and insightful reporting in his primary assignment for ABC Sports: As play-by-play announcer for ABC's NFL "Monday Night Football," the most successful sports series in television history. He has been the play-by-play announcer since 1986. Michaels, who is regarded as one of the best baseball announcers of all time, was ABC's lead baseball play-by-play announcer during the network's coverage of Major League Baseball...>>> Book Al Michaels for Your Event

He has also earned praise as a journalist and became just the second sportscaster in history to receive a News Emmy nomination for his coverage of the San Francisco earthquake during the 1989 World Series.  Michaels has earned many accolades. He has captured four Emmy Awards for Outstanding Sports Personality -- Play-by-play (Host) (1986, 1989,1995 and 2000). He has three times (1980, 1983 and 1986) received the NSSA Award from the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association. He was inducted into the NSSA Hall of Fame in 1998. He was named Sportscaster of the Year in 1996 by the American Sportscasters Association. And in 1991, he was named Sportscaster of the Year by the Washington Journalism Review.

He garnered his first Sportscaster of the Year award in 1980. This was the year he made his memorable calling of the U.S.A. hockey team's successfully dramatic quest for the gold medal in the Winter Olympics at Lake Placid. His reputation for Olympic acumen grew with his coverage of figure skating and hockey at the 1984 Winter Games in Sarajevo, and all track and field, in addition to road cycling, at the Summer Games in Los Angeles. Michaels also covered hockey during ABC's 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics coverage.

He has announced baseball for ABC since the network's most recent coverage began in 1976, including the 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1989 and 1995 World Series; 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988 and 1995 All-Star Games; and the 1976-78-80-82-84-86-88-95 League Championship Series. He was also the play-by-play announcer during ABC Sports' coverage of the 1995 Divisional Playoffs.

He served as play-by-play announcer during ABC Sports' coverage of the Stanley Cup in 1993, and hosted the network's Stanley Cup coverage in 2000, 2001 and 2002, as well as the Indianapolis 500 in 2000 and 2001. Additionally, Michaels hosts ABC Sports' yearly primetime golf telecast "Battle at Bighorn".

Michaels also has worked on ABC's "NCAA Football" and college basketball telecasts, in addition to covering a variety of "ABC's Wide World of Sports" events and "The Superstars." By 1974, he was the No. 1 sportscaster for the San Francisco Giants on KSFO Radio and KTVU-TV, a position he held until signing on with ABC Sports full-time in January of 1977.

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