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For a while, it seemed like retirement may be the next step in Al Michaels storied broadcasting career. Jeff Bezos, however, doesnt seem to agree. Andrew Marchand of the New York Post reported that Amazon is targeting Michaels to be their lead play-by-play voice of their exclusive Thursday Night Football coverage. Michaels has been the voice of SNF since NBC began the program in 2006, and will have an expiring contract at the end of next football season. Per Marchand, he is scheduled to call th...

Amazon is reportedly targeting Al Michaels to be their lead NFL voice once they take over Thursday Night Football in the 2022-2023 season.

Michaels is entering the final year of his deal with NBC. Any potential deal with Amazon will not impact his work with NBC this season, which will conclude with Michaels calling the Super Bowl in his hometown of Los Angeles.

According to the Post, while Michaels is at the top of Amazons list, the platform also has interest in Foxs Joe Buck and CBSs Ian Eagle.  Michaels, 76, is scheduled to broadcast Super Bowl LVI in Los Angeles for NBC, but he is also in the final season of his current contract. Mike Tirico is currently slated to take over the Sunday Night Football booth full-time from Michaels in 2022–23.  Amazon becomes the exclusive broadcast partner of Thursday Night Football in the 2022–23 season, b...

For Wednesdays Game 5 of their first-round playoff series, the Los Angeles Clippers will launch a special augmented broadcast titled, "Clippers Kids Cast." It will be an unique experience tailored to the fanbases youth, and co-hosted by special guest, 10-year-old Pepper Persley.

Blake Griffin hilariously takes full credit for the NBA play of the year.

Defo and Lubie talk all things NBA with Ian Eagle of CBS Sports and the Brooklyn Nets!

Defo and Lubie talk all things NBA with Ian Eagle of CBS Sports and the Brooklyn Nets!

05/15/2021 Legendary broadcaster Marv Albert will retire at the conclusion of the 2020-21 NBA season, according to the Such a phrase surely gets used too often, but this truly is the end of an era in sports broadcasting. Albert, 80, had called NBA telecasts for Turner Sports for the past 22 seasons and broadcasted professional basketball for 59 years. With Albert’s retirement and Turner agreeing to part ways with analyst Chris Webber, TNT’s top broadcast crew will indeed have a different l...

05/07/2021 TNT’s NBA coverage could have a different look for its No. 1 broadcast team next season. New York Post‘s Andrew Marchand, there have been rumblings that Chris Webber could be on his way out as Turner’s top game analyst after this season. Webber isn’t very popular with viewers, which is often indicated by “Chris Webber” being a trending topic on Twitter on the nights he’s calling a game. Webber’s contract expires after this season, but Marchand reports that the former ...