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.
AL MICHAELSIt was the Buffalo Bills at the Minnesota Vikings on NBC. It went to about five markets.
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I think that’s worse than having something technologically available to you and not using it.
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Those three words, Monday Night Football, resonate like no other.
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Well, folks. That’s the greatest open in the history of television — bar none!
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People didn’t know the difference between a blue line and a clothes line.
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And if there aren’t any dominant teams, then people enjoy discussing that.
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The other is the Yankees. You love the Yankees or you hate the Yankees.
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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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I think the Cowboys are one of only two teams in all of sports that engender love and hate to that extreme.
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There are a number of teams that would become vastly improved with Drew Bledsoe.
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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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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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When dealing in the technology, it becomes a question of whether you overuse something.
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It’s the bane of both the news and sports businesses, both electronic and print.
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It was the Buffalo Bills at the Minnesota Vikings on NBC. It went to about five markets.
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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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