One of the all-time great sports broadcasters, Al Michaels has seen just about everything sports has to offer.
From the United States hockey team’s upset of the Soviets in the 1980 Olympics to the St. Louis Rams’ goal-line stop of the Tennessee Titans in Super Bowl XXXIV, and the list goes on, there aren’t many outcomes Michaels hasn’t been there to witness personally.
It’s easy to think those experiences, along with his access to players, coaches and information the average fan doesn’t have, give Michaels a leg up when it comes to predicting the outcome of games. However, as he explained on the latest episode of HBO’s Back on the Record with Bob Costas, those first-hand accounts only speak more to how unpredictable sports truly are. That’s why he doesn’t recommend sports betting as anything more than recreation.
