Reviews - You Can't Make This Up: Miracles, Memories, and the Perfect Marriage of Sports and Television

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You Can't Make This Up: Miracles, Memories, and the Perfect Marriage of Sports and Television

More a recitation of dates and names than a deep-digging memoir. The Miracle on Ice chapter is outstanding, and it's funny how much resentment he still carries over his work on Baseketball. The lack of anything approaching self-criticism, however, makes it less compelling than his typical broadcast.

paige_pell's review against another edition

4.0

I wouldn't have picked this up on my own but it was chosen for book club and I'm glad I read it. Michaels has been the voice of many of my sporting memories, including the spectacular "Miracle" hockey game so it was fascinating to hear his side of the stories.

cstamper's review against another edition

2.0

I wanted to like this but it was really just one, long, rambling, disjointed ramble. Some of the ramble parts were interesting but not enough to make me like it overall

jaredb1993's review against another edition

4.0

I was hoping this book would be like sitting around with Al, having a beer, and him just telling stories about his career and that's exactly what it was. Easy and interesting read, especially if you're a sports fan.

bakerx3's review against another edition

4.0

I like the parts Al read the best.

rachresilience's review against another edition

4.0

Even with a co-writer, I could imagine Al Michaels' voice telling the tales of not only sports figures, but celebrities and politicians. Moments such as that miracle game in 1980, the 1989 World Series overshadowed by a significant earthquake, and his involvement in the television coverage of the days leading up to O.J. Simpson's arrest in June 1994 genuinely seem fresh in his mind decades later.

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