Al Michaels is on the Mount Rushmore of American sports broadcasters. In his lengthy career, he’s called a number of famous sporting events including arguably the most famous – the Miracle on Ice. But what other events stand out to the legendary play-by-play man?
Before this week’s Thursday Night Football matchup between the Los Angeles Rams and Minnesota Vikings, the Prime Video X account shared a list of Michaels’ favorite sporting events straight from the broadcaster himself.
While it naturally includes what is the greatest call in the history of sports, there’s a few other classics and a couple surprises that make the list as well.
Al Michaels shared his list of the most memorable events he’s called over the last 50+ years.
⚾️: Oct. 8, 1973 – NLCS Game 3
🏒: Feb. 22, 1980 – Miracle on Ice
🥊: Apr. 15, 1985 – Hagler vs. Hearns
⚾️: Oct. 12, 1986 – ALCS Game 5
⚾️: Oct. 17, 1989 – World Series Game 3
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Going chronologically, the 1973 NLCS Game 3 between the Reds and Mets was famous for a fight between Pete Rose and Bud Harrelson. Michaels called it on WLW in his last season as the Cincinnati Reds radio announcer.
Michaels called the epic Hagler-Hearns fight in 1985 alongside Al Bernstein on closed circuit television and you can find the call still to this day.
Game 5 of the 1986 ALCS is famous for Dave Henderson’s top of the ninth two out…
