![]() The game was dubbed the “Miracle On Ice” due to Michaels ending the covering by saying Do you believe in miracles? YES!! While working for ABC, Al Michaels called of the finals moments of the United States’ hockey match against the Soviet Union at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York, where the USA scored the winning goal in the final seconds, defeating the four-time defending gold medalists, 4-3. ![]() Related Story: Cris Collinsworth’s wife Holly Bankemper Miracle on Ice and 1989 World Series Earthquake ![]() Throughout the years, Al Michaels first joined NBC Sports in 1971, left in 1974, and joined CBS Sports the following years signed with ABC Sports and Sky Sports in 2015. Although his first major gig was at The Dating Game with Chuck Barris Productions, Michaels’ real first job was in college as a sports writer at The State Press as well as calling the Sun Devils’ football and baseball games on the campus radio station. ![]() ![]() He majored in radio and television with a minor in journalism from Arizona State University. family in Brooklyn, New York, Al Michaels is one of the children born to Lila Roginsky Ross and Jay Leonard. ![]()
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