You can't make this up : miracles, memories, and the perfect marriage of sports and television / by Al Michaels, with L. Jon Wertheim.

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Michaels, Al [author,, narrator.]

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Material type: Sound

SoundPublisher number: Zbg5z | Blackstone AudioEdition: UnabridgedDescription: 8 audio discs (10 hr.) : digital, CD audio ; 4 3/4 inISBN:

9780062351081
0062351087
9781481516020 (library ed.)
1481516027 (library ed.)

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Audiobooks.

DDC classification:

070.4/49796092 [B] 23

LOC classification:

GV742.42.M53 A3 2014ab

Cast: Read by Al Michaels and Ray Porter.Summary: No sportscaster has covered more major sporting events than Al Michaels. Over the course of his forty-plus year career, he has logged more hours on live network television than any other broadcaster in history and is the only play-by-play commentator to have covered all four major sports championships: the Super Bowl, World Series, NBA Finals, and the Stanley Cup Final. He has also witnessed firsthand some of the most memorable events in modern sports and, in this highly personal and revealing account, brings them vividly to life. Michaels shares never-before-told stories from his early years and his rise to the top, covering some of the greatest moments of the past half century--from the historic 1980 Olympic hockey finals known as the "Miracle on Ice" to the earthquake that rocked the 1989 World Series. Some of the greatest names on and off the field are here--Michael Jordan, Bill Walton, Pete Rose, Bill Walsh, Peyton and Eli Manning, Brett Favre, John Madden, Howard Cosell, Cris Collinsworth, and many, many more.Summary: An eight-time Emmy Award-winning broadcaster interweaves the story of his life and career with lively tales of major events and engaging figures in modern sports, from the 1980 "Miracle on Ice" finals to the 1989 World Series earthquake.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Talking Books	Pop-Up Library Audio/Talking Boos	Non Fiction	TB (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		a00721053

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"Tracks every 3 minutes for easy bookmarking"--Container.

Read by Al Michaels and Ray Porter.

No sportscaster has covered more major sporting events than Al Michaels. Over the course of his forty-plus year career, he has logged more hours on live network television than any other broadcaster in history and is the only play-by-play commentator to have covered all four major sports championships: the Super Bowl, World Series, NBA Finals, and the Stanley Cup Final. He has also witnessed firsthand some of the most memorable events in modern sports and, in this highly personal and revealing account, brings them vividly to life. Michaels shares never-before-told stories from his early years and his rise to the top, covering some of the greatest moments of the past half century--from the historic 1980 Olympic hockey finals known as the "Miracle on Ice" to the earthquake that rocked the 1989 World Series. Some of the greatest names on and off the field are here--Michael Jordan, Bill Walton, Pete Rose, Bill Walsh, Peyton and Eli Manning, Brett Favre, John Madden, Howard Cosell, Cris Collinsworth, and many, many more.

An eight-time Emmy Award-winning broadcaster interweaves the story of his life and career with lively tales of major events and engaging figures in modern sports, from the 1980 "Miracle on Ice" finals to the 1989 World Series earthquake.

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