Do you believe in criminals? Yes!
If you read the interview of sports broadcasting legend Al Michaels in today’s Wall Street Journal, you’ll, like I was, be surprised to learn that the voice of this year’s Super Bowl is a petty thief. It’s actually a great story.
Back in 2000 on the night of the Presidential election, Michaels found himself in the same Nashville hotel as THE Al Gore. That evening Al Gore called “President-elect” George W. Bush to concede. Then, hours later, Al Gore picked up the phone in his hotel room and called back W, withdrawing his concession to begin the most contentious election in American political history.
Al Michaels made his way down the hall to Al Gore’s hotel suite and strangely found the door ajar. Michaels entered the room and noticed no one was around. But, there in all its glory was the phone Al Gore had used to call W. Twice. Like any sane man raking in millions every year in a broadcast booth, Michaels decided it was “finders keepers” and snatched the phone, returning to his room.
The concession/non-concession phone today resides in storage in Michaels’ garage. And the fugitive thief remains on the run, trying to hide from authorities as roughly 115 million people listen to and see him tomorrow night. Book ’em Danno, ah, er, Glendale Police.
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