Al Michaels stays with NBC in 'emeritus' role and help with NFL and Olympics coverage
NBC's "Sunday Night Football" broadcaster Al Michaels called his record-tying 11th Super Bowl on Feb. 13, 2022. Credit: AP/Keith Srakocic
NBC Sports announced on Tuesday that Al Michaels will continue with the network in an “emeritus role” even after leaving the lead “Sunday Night Football” booth following last season and joining Amazon Prime Video’s “Thursday Night Football” series.
Michaels, 77, will contribute to the NFL playoffs – including play-by-play – and the Olympics. Mike Tirico is NBC’s new lead NFL announcer and will handle top assignments such as the Super Bowl.
“We are thrilled that he’s staying in the family and raising the stature of our events for years to come,” NBC Sports chairman Pete Bevacqua said in a news release.
Michaels’ Thursday night calls for Amazon will mark his 37th NFL season as a prime time play-by-play man.
Neil Best first worked at Newsday in 1982, returned in 1985 after a detour to Alaska and has been here since, specializing in high schools, college basketball, the NFL and most recently sports media and business.
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