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31 reviews for:
You Can't Make This Up: Miracles, Memories, and the Perfect Marriage of Sports and Television
Al Michaels, L. Jon Wertheim
3.82 AVERAGE
31 reviews for:
You Can't Make This Up: Miracles, Memories, and the Perfect Marriage of Sports and Television
Al Michaels, L. Jon Wertheim
3.82 AVERAGE
I didn't really have any expectations for this book going in, and boy was I surprised! I really enjoyed all of the stories and behind the scenes information form Al. I love football and listen to Al during regular sportscasts. I didn't know that he called the Miracle on Ice and hearing him describe it is very exciting! He also gets into his relationship with O.J. Simpson, covering many Olympic games, and much more! As a Packer fan I enjoyed hearing about Brett Favre and his shocking game the day after his father passes away. All in all, this is a great and insightful read!
Fun to read. Lots of memories, sports stories and broadcasting stuff. A-
**listened to the audiobook**
Extremely enjoyable if you’re a sports fan, even more enjoyable if you work in television like I do. Would highly recommend the audiobook — the narrator nails the reading and the chapters that Al Michaels reads fill you up with all the warm nostalgic feelings that stir up the dramatic emotions that sports can often deliver.
Extremely enjoyable if you’re a sports fan, even more enjoyable if you work in television like I do. Would highly recommend the audiobook — the narrator nails the reading and the chapters that Al Michaels reads fill you up with all the warm nostalgic feelings that stir up the dramatic emotions that sports can often deliver.
I listened to the audio of this book, and though I wish Mr. Michaels had read more of the book, I loved this! I feel like he's been a part of my entire upbringing, and this story was so engaging. Thanks for sharing, Al!
Great insight into sports broadcasting industry and amazing to see where his career took him. Very enjoyable, quick read.
If you are an American sports fan, Al Michaels may have announced your favorite sports memory or ran to your favorite athlete. Golf, horse racing, baseball, Olympics, American football, basketball, and the bunches of sports featured on Wide World of Sports....he touched all of them.
He's a better announcer than writer but I can't really find any fault in writing. Sounding like a little boy, his love and enthusiasm for sports, for life, comes shining through the words He comes across a little dazed at the serendipitous path in his broadcasting life.
He's a better announcer than writer but I can't really find any fault in writing. Sounding like a little boy, his love and enthusiasm for sports, for life, comes shining through the words He comes across a little dazed at the serendipitous path in his broadcasting life.
You know that feeling when you've been craving a specific food place for a while and you finally get it? That was this book for me, it was a light read with terrific stories from all different aspects of professional sports. It was exactly the kind of read I have been looking for.
I will have this book done about 15 minutes into my commute home today. I was in search of an Audiobook to listen to. Had always like Al Michaels. This book did not do anything but make me like him more. He has been around forever and seen so many things. This book tells the stories.
Surprisingly fun. I remember so many of the things he talks about in his career. He doesn't pull punches about people he has worked with and hated. But he also credits people for things even when they later fall apart. Interesting. Fun. Michaels read a couple of chapters himself, but most of the book was read by someone else, and quite well, too.
This book is very long (too long). The first part of the book is fascinating. He tells his story about working his way up to the job he wanted. It's a great story about persistence and he tells mostly unknown stories. Once he gets the job he wanted he's just telling meandering pointless stories people already know (because he already told them on tv) and name drops people. The only exception was the chapter about miracle on ice and that's just such a compelling story I probably overlooked the previously mentioned faults.
I love sports and I love sports stories. I did not, however, like this book. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone-- which is really a shame because the first half is so good!
I love sports and I love sports stories. I did not, however, like this book. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone-- which is really a shame because the first half is so good!