The long-time voice of Sunday Night Football, Al Michaels, has now become the hottest free agent of the 2022 NFL offseason from the broadcast booth. After his final ride in Super Bowl 56 with Cris Collinsworth, he is rumored to be heading to Amazon Prime to call Thursday Night Football for the 2022 season.
As per some rumors, both ESPN and Amazon are on the hunt for Michael's services, and as of January, Michaels had negotiations with Amazon, but ESPN had also tried to bring him over to MNF. Moreover, Michael had talked about how there were many opportunities and options for him after his contract ended.
Many even speculated about his retirement, but Michaels had never talked about that, and he had shared on an episode of On the Record with Bob Costas that he wanted to continue his work for the next year for sure even though his contract with NBC would end. He had also acknowledged that some people could get jaded and bored or tired of traveling, but in his case, that never happened to him and said that he loved his work and how he was blessed with good health and brain, so he expressed his feelings to continue his work.
Michaels had shared that his decision for whom to work with can be based on a good team with a great producer, director, and partner and said that he wanted to work with someone he could feel comfortable with, trust, and get along with too. He further added that a big part of his decision-making process was for the team he was in to play the same tune. Michaels also talked about how a different template can be created if production between Amazon and NBC is combined together.
Net Worth Of Al Michaels
Al Michaels has an estimated net worth of $30 million as an American Sports commentator and announcer. He is also currently offered a standing contract of reportedly $11 million per season from Amazon Prime Video, as per Marchant reports. He attended Alexander Hamilton High School and graduated from Arizona State University.
Al Michaels is considered the first to cover all four top sports competitions in the U.S, NFL, NHL, NBA, and MLB. He is best known for calling play-by-play at Monday Night Football at ABC and Sunday Night Football at NBC. He worked with ABC for nearly three decades. He became famous for the earthquake-interrupted Game of 3, the 1989 World Series, and the Miracle on the ice at the 1980 Winter Olympics.
He started his career as a color commentator for the Los Angeles Lakers in 1967 and served Chick Hearn on radio broadcasting. He worked as a sports anchor for KHVH-TV in Honolulu. He became the lead baseball announcer in 1983 after he signed with ABC Sports in 1976. He also appeared on ESPN's Wednesday Night Baseball as a guest commentator in 2003. He joined NBC in 2006, leaving ABC, and he called his first Super Bowl telecast for NBC in 2009. Since then, he has worked as the official NBC Olympics Daytime Host in 2010, 2012, 2014, and 2016.
Al Michaels has been awarded National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association's National Sportscaster of the Year title three times. He was inducted into the NSSA Hall of Fame in 1988 and The Television Academy Hall of Fame in 2013, and he was also successful in receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
He has also been awarded the Rozelle Award during the Annual Enshrinees' Gold Jacket Dinner in 2013, and he is also known for having won the award of Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence Journalism in 2002. Besides his work in journalism, he has also worked as an actor and voice actor in films like Jerry Maguire, BASEketball, Coach, and Spin City.
Al Michaels Married Life With Wife Anne Statmon
Al Michaels has a wife named Linda Anne Statmon, who is 77 years old. The couple first met in the 10th grade, so they have known each other since they were 15 years old, as shared by Michaels himself in an interview. He described his wife as the love of his life and the greatest, saying that she was the biggest piece of luck that ever came down the pike for him.
Al Michaels got married to his wife Linda Anne Statmon, and they live in Brentwood and are known to be Los Angeles Kings fans. The couple is also known to be friends with O.J. Simpson and Nicole Brown.
The couple is parents to two children named Jennifer and Steve. Their son Steve is a 46-year-old CEO, and President of Asylum Entertainment, and their daughter Jennifer Michaels Cohn is a director of corporate communications for the Game Show Network at the time.