Al Michaels through the years

Alan Richard Michaels

Born: Brooklyn, N.Y., Nov. 12, 1944

Family: Wife, Linda Anne Stamaton, since 1966; two children (Steven and Jennifer) and four grandchildren

Education: Arizona State, B.S., radio and television broadcasting; minor in journalism (1966)

1962-66

Announcer for 200-plus ASU athletic events on TV and radio; sports editor and writer for The State Press, ASU’s student newspaper

1967

■  Assistant for Chuck Barris Productions’ “The Dating Game”

■  Provides voiceover on “Unnecessary Roughness ’96,” a PC football game. He would go on to do the same for seven other titles over the years.

■  Wins first of five-to-date Sports Emmys for Outstanding Sports Personality (Play-By-Play)

1968-71

Honolulu’s KHVH-TV, sports anchor; play-by-play for Class AAA Hawaii Islanders, the University of Hawaii’s football and basketball teams, and local high school football games

1970

Appears as attorney Dave Bronstein in an episode of Hawaii Five-O (the episode also features Christopher Walken)

1971-73

Cincinnati Reds lead radio announcer

1972

■ Play-by-play announcer for NBC’s hockey coverage at the Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan. He has worked a total of nine Olympic Games in his career.

■ Color commentator for the World Series on NBC TV and radio

1974-76

San Francisco Giants lead TV and radio announcer

1975

Little League World Series sideline announcer, his first of four LLWS appearances

1976

Joins ABC’s “Monday Night Baseball” team for national broadcasts, including the playoffs

1977-89

“Monday Night Baseball” lead announcer

1977-79

“Wide World of Sports” announcer (3 episodes)

1979

Handles his first play-by-play role at a World Series; goes on to do six more 1981-95, all on ABC

1980

■ Calls the U.S. men’s hockey team’s medal-round upset victory over the USSR at the Lake Placid Winter Olympics, which became known as The Miracle on Ice.

■ Receives his first of three-to-date National Sportscaster of the Year awards from the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association

1985

■ Super Bowl XIX studio host; takes over play-by-play role three years later (Super Bowl V); Super Bowl LVI in February 2022 was his 11th time with a Super Bowl microphone.

■ Calls the Thomas “Hit Man” Hearns and “Marvelous” Marvin Hagler championship boxing match

1986-2005

“Monday Night Football” play-by-play announcer on ABC

1989

Nominated for a News Emmy for his coverage of the San Francisco earthquake during the 1989 World Series

1993

Calls two early-round games of the Stanley Cup playoffs for ABC; goes on to serve as the Stanley Cup Final studio host from 2000-02

1995

■ First of 23-to-date nominations for Sports Emmys for Outstanding Sports Personality (Play-By-Play)

■ American Sportscasters Association Sportscaster of the Year Award

■ Provides the voice of Sparky Michaels in the animated movie “Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco.” He is seen and/or heard in dozens of TV shows and movies over his career, including “Coach” (5 episodes), “Arli$$” (twice); “Jerry Maguire” (1996); and “BASEketball” (1998).

1996

■ Provides voiceover on “Unnecessary Roughness ’96,” a PC football game. He would go on to do the same for seven other titles over the years.

■ Wins first of five-to-date Sports Emmys for Outstanding Sports Personality (Play-By-Play)

1998

Inducted into the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Hall of Fame

2002

Awarded the Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism by Arizona State’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication

2004 and 2005

Calls the NBA Finals on ABC

2004

Receives a star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame

2006-22

Lead announcer for NBC “Sunday Night Football”

2011

Receives the Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Academy of TV Arts & Sciences

2013

■  Receives the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s Pete Rozelle Radio & Television Award

■  Inducted into the Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame

2014

Releases his book, “You Can’t Make This Up: Miracles, Memories, and the Perfect Marriage of Sports and Television,” which spends two months on The New York Times bestseller list

2015

Hosts the first events in the new “PBC on NBC” boxing series

2016

Studio host at the 2016 Rio Olympics after serving a similar role in several recent Games

2020

Receives the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum’s 2021 Ford C. Frick Award for excellence in broadcasting

2022

■  Named to an emeritus role at NBC Sports, where he will broadcast and contribute across high-profile properties, including the NFL playoffs and the Olympics

■  Begins his record 37th campaign as NFL prime-time play-by-play announcer calling Amazon Prime Video’s “Thursday Night Football.”