Al Michaels will be returning to the booth for the 2026 NFL season. Amazon Prime Video — where Michaels has been the lead game-caller since 2022 — confirmed his return to Sports Business Journal on Friday, with the 81-year-old insisting that he is “at the top of his game.” “First of all, I feel great,” … Read more
Al Michaels isn’t ready to retire. The legendary play-by-play voice, who recently turned 81 years old, wants to continue calling “Thursday Night Football” for Amazon Prime Video, a role he’s held since the 2022 season. “I feel really good right now. It’s been a good year. A lot of fun. I love the people I’m … Read more
Prime Video play-by-play announcer Al Michaels said he had to clean up his on-air “mess” after being confronted by the NFL during Thursday night’s game between the Minnesota Vikings and the Los Angeles Chargers at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, Calif. During the third quarter — with Vikings kicker Will Reichard going for three points as … Read more
Hall of Fame broadcaster Al Michaels is taking a slow approach to the end of his career while working with Amazon Prime on Thursday nights. Michaels will return to Amazon Prime in 2025, but anything beyond that will happen on a year-by-year basis, The Athletic reported Wednesday. Al Michaels is expected to return to Amazon … Read more
Cris Collinsworth’s famous smooth “slide” in the NBC broadcast booth was actually born out of necessity. Collinsworth has since retired the move but it was a topic brought up by Eli Manning on ESPN’s “ManningCast” during Cowboys-Bengals on Monday night. Reacting to the former Giants quarterback’s deadpan introduction, Collinsworth revealed he started doing the slide … Read more
The Jets have hit a nadir in their season, and while playing on “Thursday Night Football,” one iconic NFL announcer was poking fun at the team’s struggles. Gang Green had five losses in a row going into the home matchup with the Texans, and Al Michaels, noting the Jets’ uniform color — all-black — for … Read more
Al Michaels had no use for the Saints’ first-half foolishness Thursday night. Michaels sarcastically ripped the Saints for taking a timeout before a kneeldown to end the first 30 minutes in their 33-10 home loss to the Broncos on “Thursday Night Football.” The sequence earned boos from the crowd and apparent disgust from Michaels. Al … Read more
Al Michaels really doesn’t like flags and he made that abundantly clear during the Prime Video “Thursday Night Football” broadcast. Fifteen total flags were thrown in the Cowboys’ 20-15 win over the Giants. Al Michaels has had enough of the flags. “You’re kidding.” “It’s the 147th (penalty).” “You’re going to need some new flags to … Read more
Al Michaels has gone from griping about the product the NFL gave Amazon for “Thursday Night Football” two years ago to gushing about this season’s schedule. The “TNF” package on Amazon’s Prime Video streaming service kicks off on Thursday as the Dolphins host the Bills in a matchup of AFC East rivals who both have … Read more
If Al Michaels truly was blindsided by NBC removing him from the NFL playoffs this year, that doesn’t sit well with Joe Buck. Buck, appearing as a co-host on this week’s “Marchand & Ourand” podcast, praised the 79-year-old Michaels as “the best to ever do it,” and lamented the fact that Michaels seemingly was taken … Read more
Kirk Herbstreit has Al Michaels’ back. Herbstreit slammed critics of his “Thursday Night Football” broadcast partner leading into the Week 13 matchup between the Cowboys and Seahawks in Arlington. “He hears the noise. I don’t think he’s like, ‘I’ll show them. I’m gonna really bring it this week.’ He’s definitely not doing that,” Herbstreit said … Read more
Mike McDaniel insists he did not imitate Trey Songz. After Al Michaels recently revealed that McDaniel met his wife, Katie, by threatening one of his former player’s job security if he didn’t stop dancing with her at a nightclub, which paved the way for McDaniel to step in, the Dolphins’ coach gave his much softer … Read more
Kirk Herbstreit believes his partner Al Michaels is getting unjustly smeared for a perceived lack of enthusiasm. The duo is in their second year calling “Thursday Night Football” games on Amazon’s Prime Video service. This week, they were tasked with a Panthers-Bears game that ordinarily would have had some drama for the race for the … Read more
Al Michaels had to walk quite the tightrope when including Taylor Swift in “Thursday Night Football’s” coverage. During an appearance Monday on “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” the longtime sportscaster, 78, opened up about how the “TNF” team wanted to approach Swift’s appearance at last week’s Chiefs-Broncos game — the third contest she attended in support of … Read more
Depending on your take on the Taylor Swift-centric broadcasts during Chiefs games, you either really loved or really hated Al Michael’s call Thursday night. Many noticed how the veteran broadcaster barely focused on the 12-time Grammy winner and her relationship with Chiefs star tight end Travis Kelce during the Chiefs’ 19-8 win over the Broncos … Read more
Kirk Herbstreit is promising to give himself just a little more “me” time this football season. Herbstreit is entering his second season running the gauntlet of doing Thursday night NFL games on Amazon’s Prime Video, combined with his ESPN responsibilities for “College GameDay” and Saturday night’s primetime game of the week. On a Zoom call … Read more