Well, folks. That’s the greatest open in the history of television — bar none!
AL MICHAELSIt’s the bane of both the news and sports businesses, both electronic and print.
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We live in this world of tweeting, and social media, and anti-social media, and all the rest, so no matter what you say, there is going to be what people say is a firestorm. I don’t know what a firestorm is.
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Those three words, Monday Night Football, resonate like no other.
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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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And if there aren’t any dominant teams, then people enjoy discussing that.
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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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The Miami Dolphins have to be taken seriously. Here’s a team that seems to be jelling.
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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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Any time a running back reaches the age of 31 or 32, he has to lose a step.
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People didn’t know the difference between a blue line and a clothes line.
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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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As a kid growing up, I was so in sync as a fan that that served me well through the years. I can feel the game.
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When dealing in the technology, it becomes a question of whether you overuse something.
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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 some things in life where it’s better to receive than to give, and massage is one of them.
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The other is the Yankees. You love the Yankees or you hate the Yankees.
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