Heather reviewed You can't make this up by Al Michaels
Review of "You can't make this up" on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
While most kids dreamt about playing in the World Series, young Al Michaels wanted to announce it. He followed his dream to being the voice of a minor league baseball team in Hawaii in the 60s. Then the major league came calling but required him to move his family from Hawaii to Ohio - oh, the horror!He moved up from there to a place announcing all types of sports including football, horse racing, and motorcycle racing on ice.He covered hockey at the Olympics including the dramatic 'Miracle on Ice' game between the U.S. and U.S.S.R.http://youtu.be/qYscemhnf88I thought his most interesting stories were the ones that didn't directly involve sports.
- He had just opened the broadcast of the World Series when the Northridge earthquake hit. The game was cancelled and he broadcast from the street until the next morning for ABC's live coverage.
- One of his best broadcasting partners, tennis partner, and …
While most kids dreamt about playing in the World Series, young Al Michaels wanted to announce it. He followed his dream to being the voice of a minor league baseball team in Hawaii in the 60s. Then the major league came calling but required him to move his family from Hawaii to Ohio - oh, the horror!He moved up from there to a place announcing all types of sports including football, horse racing, and motorcycle racing on ice.He covered hockey at the Olympics including the dramatic 'Miracle on Ice' game between the U.S. and U.S.S.R.http://youtu.be/qYscemhnf88I thought his most interesting stories were the ones that didn't directly involve sports.
- He had just opened the broadcast of the World Series when the Northridge earthquake hit. The game was cancelled and he broadcast from the street until the next morning for ABC's live coverage.
- One of his best broadcasting partners, tennis partner, and neighbor was O.J. Simpson. He had been to the house many times and was even able to secretly tell ABC not to broadcast the news that O.J. was trapped in his house because he knew that there were other ways out.
This was a great overview of the world of U.S. sports in the last 40 years from Wide World of Sports to Sunday Night Football.This review was originally posted on Based On A True Story