Editing Al Michaels (section)

==Early life and education==
Alan Richard Michaels was born on November 12, 1944, in [[Brooklyn]], [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]]. Michaels was born to a [[Jewish|Jewis]]h<ref name="daily49er">{{Cite web |title=Daily 49er: CSULB professor explores baseball's impact on Jewish Americans |url=http://www.daily49er.com/news/csulb-professor-explores-baseball-s-impact-on-jewish-americans-1.2224704#.TnmFteasR44 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130703043727/http://www.daily49er.com/news/csulb-professor-explores-baseball-s-impact-on-jewish-americans-1.2224704#.TnmFteasR44 |archive-date=July 3, 2013 |access-date=April 18, 2014 |publisher=daily49er.com}}</ref> family in [[Brooklyn]], New York,<ref name="ssusa">{{Cite web |title=Al Michaels' bio at Sports Stars USA |url=http://www.sportsstarsusa.com/sportscasters/michaels_al.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061113150659/http://www.sportsstarsusa.com/sportscasters/michaels_al.html |archive-date=November 13, 2006 |access-date=January 12, 2007 |website=Sports Stars USA}}</ref> to Jay Leonard Michaels and Lila Roginsky/Ross. He grew up as a [[Brooklyn Dodgers]] fan. In 1958, Michaels' family moved to Los Angeles, the same year the [[Los Angeles Dodgers|Dodgers]] left Brooklyn.<ref name="ssusa" /><ref name="hiestand">{{Cite news |last=Michael Hiestand |date=August 18, 2006 |title=Michaels brothers: TV destiny |work=USA Today |url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/columnist/hiestand-tv/2006-08-18-hiestand-michaels_x.htm}}</ref> He graduated from [[Alexander Hamilton High School (Los Angeles)|Alexander Hamilton High School]] in 1962. Michaels attended [[Arizona State University]], where he majored in radio and television and minored in journalism. He worked as a sports writer for ASU's independent student newspaper, ''[[State Press|The State Press]]'', and called [[Arizona State Sun Devils|Sun Devils]] football, basketball, and baseball games for the campus radio station.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Lidz |first=Franz |date=February 15, 1988 |title=This Mouth Talks Back |url=https://www.si.com/vault/1988/02/15/117145/this-mouth-talks-back-al-michaels-is-one-of-the-best-sportscasters-on-tv-and-dont-dare-tell-him-otherwise |magazine=Sports Illustrated}}</ref> He also is a member of [[Sigma Nu]] fraternity.

===Early career===
Michaels's first job in television was with [[Chuck Barris Productions]], choosing women to appear on ''[[The Dating Game]]''. His first sportscasting job came in 1967, when he was hired to do public relations for the [[Los Angeles Lakers]] and serve as a [[color commentator]] on the [[Los Angeles Lakers radio networks|team's radio broadcasts]] alongside veteran play-by-play announcer [[Chick Hearn]]. However, he was terminated after appearing on just four games due to Chick Hearn's displeasure on working with someone so young.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Stewart |first=Larry |date=June 4, 2004 |title=Michaels Has Come Full Circle |work=Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-jun-04-sp-tvcolumn4-story.html}}</ref>

He resumed his broadcasting career in 1968 after moving to [[Honolulu]], where he worked as a sports anchor for KHVH-TV (now [[KITV]]) and called play-by-play for the [[Hawaii Islanders]] baseball team in the [[Pacific Coast League]] as well as the [[University of Hawaii]]'s football and basketball teams and local high school football games. He was named Hawaii's 'Sportscaster of the Year' in 1969. In 1970, Michaels appeared as attorney Dave Bronstein in an [[Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series, season 2)|episode]] of ''[[Hawaii Five-O (1968 TV series)|Hawaii Five-O]]'' called "Run, Johnny, Run" (Air date: January 14, 1970); the episode also featured a young [[Christopher Walken]].

In [[1971 Cincinnati Reds season|1971]], Michaels moved to [[Cincinnati]], where he became the radio play-by-play announcer for the [[Cincinnati Reds]] of [[Major League Baseball]]. In [[1972 Cincinnati Reds season|1972]], after the Reds won the [[1972 National League Championship Series|National League Championship Series]] and advanced to the [[1972 World Series|World Series]], he helped to cover the Fall Classic for [[Major League Baseball on NBC|NBC Sports]]. He also was the network's play-by-play man for the [[Ice hockey at the 1972 Winter Olympics|hockey coverage]] at the [[1972 Winter Olympics]] in [[Sapporo, Japan]].

In December 1973, after [[Bill Enis]], an NBC sports announcer and sportscaster for [[KPRC-TV]] in [[Houston]] had died from a heart attack at the age of 39 two days before he was to call the regular-season NFL finale between the [[1973 Houston Oilers season|Houston Oilers]] and [[1973 Cincinnati Bengals season|Cincinnati Bengals]], Michaels was brought in to replace Enis in the booth with [[Dave Kocourek]].

In [[1974 San Francisco Giants season|1974]], he left the Reds for a similar position with the [[San Francisco Giants]] and also covered basketball for [[UCLA Bruins men's basketball|UCLA]], replacing [[Dick Enberg]] on the Bruins' [[Broadcast delay|tape delayed]] telecasts of their home games, during a period when UCLA was in the midst of an 88-game winning streak. He left NBC that year and announced regional NFL games for [[NFL on CBS|CBS Sports]] in 1975. In [[1976 Major League Baseball season|1976]] he joined [[ESPN on ABC|ABC Sports]] part-time to call the network's backup ''[[Monday Night Baseball]]'' games. That year, he called two [[no-hitter]]s: by the [[1976 Pittsburgh Pirates season|Pirates]]' [[John Candelaria]] vs. [[1976 Los Angeles Dodgers season|Los Angeles]] on August 9 (for ABC) and the [[1976 San Francisco Giants season|Giants]]' [[John Montefusco]] at [[1976 Atlanta Braves season|Atlanta]] on September 29, 1976 (for [[San Francisco Giants Radio Network|Giants radio]]).