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TV Week: Pressbox: Al Michaels Interview
Published 8/10/2007 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
TV Week: Pressbox: Al Michaels Interview Primates, by the way, just for the record, this is Al Michaels. That was a totally farsical call. Who would you say is the most underrated sports broadcast personality right now? Al: In a slightly different vein here, an old partner of mine is a guy that I think is the best baseball analyst out there and that’s Tim McCarver. And Tim I wouldn’t say is underrated, but he has been around so long that there are varying opinions of him. I’ll read some negative stuff about Tim but having worked with him and listened to him and knowing how hard he works, he brings a very fresh perspective to the game and comes in different doors like few others. I don’t think there is the appreciation of Tim that there should be. and Baba-Booey to y’all!

Al Michaels Has No Taste in Baseball Analysts
Published 8/10/2007 by PostmanE at FanHouse
... But Al Michaels, widely regarded as a top-flight sports broadcaster, apparently doesn't seem to mind McCarver. Matter of fact, he seems to -- gasp -- actually enjoy him: ...

For NFL Broadcasters, Seattle Is Great and San Francisco Is Terrible
Published 8/11/2007 by Michael David Smith at FanHouse
... But Al Michaels and his producer at NBC, Fred Gaudelli, said in a TV Week interview that there's a huge difference. ...

Is Buck the new Michaels?
Published 8/14/2007 by Paulsen at Sports Media Watch
Al Michaels worked a total of thirteen regular season games as lead broadcaster of the NBA on ABC (out of a possible twenty-six). All but two of those games were broadcast from Los Angeles or Sacramento (Michaels lives in Los Angeles). And while Michaels worked the majority of playoff games aired on ABC during his tenure, and while he recently told TV Week he " really got to love [the NBA] " and " ...