Is Al Michaels a candidate for the NFL Network job?

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PM Roundup: People Dislike Things
Published 5/1/2008 by Cousins of Ron Mexico at The Big Lead
... inbox - What do I care? Feel free to send me links 24/7 because I won’t be able to look at some during the day because I… I won’t even say it. I will say that the Kentucky Derby is Saturday and I am starting to get the shakes a big fan of track season. If you only click one link - make it this one. Absolutely classic. (Dallas Morning News) Is Al Michaels in the running for the NFL Network gig? (Watchdog) Dennis Rodman tied one on recently and… ( ...

NFL Network to Hire Al Michaels?
Published 5/1/2008 by Michael David Smith at FanHouse
Filed under: NFL Media Watch, NFL NetworkNow that NFL Network is done with the two-year experiment of Bryant Gumbel as play-by-play man, where will the league's official cable channel turn? Neil Best of Newsday reports that the NFL could be looking to add a huge name: Al Michaels. Michaels, who for three decades has been among America's best-known play-by-play voices, would lend instant credibility to NFL Network, which has struggled to find an audience. If the league could get Michaels, it would be thrilled. But ...

THURSDAY NIGHT ONE-LINERS
Published 5/2/2008 by Mike Florio at ProFootballTalk.com
... thing.  (And we don’t say that just because Whitlock mentions us.) The Cardinals introduced CB Dominique Rogers-Cromartie on Thursday. So does RB Danny Woodhead have a shot at making the team in New York? RB Felix Jones will wear No. 28 for the Cowboys. RB Darren McFadden will wear No. 20 for the Raiders. Pacman is selling his Tennessee home for $1.8 million. RB Artose Pinner is returning to the Lions . The incomparable Al Michaels could be working for a four-letter network , after all. Could Bucs QB Chris Simms land in ...

NFLN BELIEVES IN MIRACLES
Published 5/6/2008 by Mike Florio at ProFootballTalk.com
... its package of late-season games, NFL Network is attempting the broadcasting equivalent of the Hail Mary pass. A media source tells us that NFLN is actively recruiting Al Michaels for the job. Michaels is the diamond-covered platinum standard, in our assessment, when it comes to sports broadcasting, and his involvement in NFLN’s broadcasts would instantly give the productions multiple added layers and levels of credibility. Neil Best of Newsday recently reported that Michaels is on the league-owned network’s wish list .  As we understand it, NFLN must have found a monkey paw ...

Blog-O-Rama: Al Michaels To Join NFL Network?
Published 5/6/2008 by jason at SPORTSbyBROOKS
• NEW YORK NEWSDAY’s Neil Best hears that the NFL Network gig vacated by Greg Gumbel could be filled by - Al Michaels ?! Al Michaels Cleveland Nun • Stephanie Stradley of AOL FANHOUSE knows what the Vikings’ Kenechi Udeze is going through, as her sister had her own fight with leukemia . • ON THE BASELINE follows up that Maria Sharapova is still mad about a forced photo shoot, so she plans to dig up some dirt on behind-the-scenes at the WTA . RANDBALL catches Nick Saban embracing new technology to get around NCAA rules created ...

Midweek Roundup
Published 5/7/2008 by Pitchfork Nation at AZ Sports Hub - Arizona's Destination for Sports - Blogs - Podcasts - Forums
... due to the APR report. I'm sure Lil Romeo can pay his own tuition. (LA Times) If you think that is bad, Wazzou is losing 8 football scholarships (Seattle Post-Intelligencer) Byron Scott accepts his NBA Coach of the Year Award and does a Q and A (NBA.com) Miles Simon finds out that Lute Olson is really good at this whole divorce thing. (Tucson Citizen) Al Michaels could be replacing Bryant Gumbel at the NFL Network (Newsday) ...

About Those Al Michaels To NFL Network Rumors
Published 5/7/2008 by Awful Announcing- at Awful Announcing
... So late last week rumors surfaced that the NFL Network was looking to fill their vacant play-by-play job with NBC's Al Michaels. The plan was to keep him on Sunday nights and just add a Thursday game to his schedule. Doesn't seem like that bad of an idea, and Neil Best has the details of said rumor.... ...