After showing you the video of a fictional sports broadcaster who clearly misrepresented the field, I wanted to show you one of my all time favorite lines from a sportscaster. Below is a video of the 1980 United States Men's Olympic Hockey team win over the USSR, known as the Miracle on Ice. Watch and listen as legendary sportscaster Al Michaels gives the play by play of the final minute of the game.
Watching this clip of a 34 year old hockey game still brings chills up my spine. You can hear the anxiousness and excitement in Michaels' voice as he and the rest of the world watch one of the greatest, if not the greatest, upsets in sports history. His legendary line "Do you believe in miracles?...YES!" is still something that brings a warm feeling to a sports lovers heart. It is legendary moments like these that set apart the good commentators from to great ones. I one day hope I am lucky enough to be announcing a game of this magnitude and able to find the right words to say when the time comes.
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