It was the Buffalo Bills at the Minnesota Vikings on NBC. It went to about five markets.
AL MICHAELSI’ve always felt that the game itself is pretty much a melody and I am there to provide the lyrics.
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I think that’s worse than having something technologically available to you and not using it.
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I’ve always felt that I’m in a spontaneous business and if you script something, if you plan something, it will sound that way.
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Those three words, Monday Night Football, resonate like no other.
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It’s the bane of both the news and sports businesses, both electronic and print.
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You want the lyrics to match the melody, because if you are composing a song or recording a song, it’s cacophonous if they don’t match.
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It’s funny, but when there are dominant teams, there are a number of people who rail about the fact that they’re always seeing the Dallas Cowboys or the San Francisco 49ers or the Green Bay either in the playoffs or in the Super Bowl.
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The other is the Yankees. You love the Yankees or you hate the Yankees.
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Tiger Woods is like a piece of fine art that belongs in the Louvre, and so, too, is Scott Medlock’s painting of Tiger Woods and Sergio Garcia…a true masterpiece!
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There are a number of teams that would become vastly improved with Drew Bledsoe.
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No one is a freak of nature. No one is going to be able to take the pounding a running back has to take over a 10- or 12-year career and not lose a step.
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There are some things in life where it’s better to receive than to give, and massage is one of them.
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And if there aren’t any dominant teams, then people enjoy discussing that.
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You heard it here first!’ Who cares? That’s nothing but a vanity play. If it’s not right, it’s garbage.
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And I try to match where the game is with my inflection, with my – the tonal quality, with getting excited.
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I’ve always felt that the game itself is pretty much a melody and I am there to provide the lyrics.
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