George Michael Sports Machine Dead

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RIP.

 

Holy crap! RIP to one of the best. Always loved George.

 

Guess he had to go, go.

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He was good in "George Michael's Sports Machine".

 

First heard George as a DJ at WFIL-AM in Philly when I was in college in the late 60s. He later flopped as the successor to Cousin Brucie (Morrow) at WABC-AM in New York before turning to sports and becoming a TV sports legend.
RIP to one of the great voices of all-time.

 

My George Michael rankings:

1) singer
2) Sports Machine
3) Arrested Development character

 

Holy fuck that's funny.

 

Sunday Nights at 1130 pm around here will never be the same.

 

That's too bad.

I got one of the nicest "letters" of my career from George Michael two years ago when he "was retired" from WRC-TV in Washington D.C. I sent him a congratulatory e-mail on his decades of work plus his Sports Machine (in the early 1980s, it really was a trendsetter for local TV sports highlights shows).

He mailed me a well-crafted, two-page, single-spaced note talking about the current state of TV sports, a couple funny stories about how the Machine itself came to be and what his plans were after this.

RIP, Mr. Michael.

 

George Michael was one of the voices of my growing up years. I can remember many a night when I'd watch him doing the sportscast, then George Michael's Sports Machine. He was definitely an institution.

RIP George.

 

A staple at college in the pre-cable days. RIP.

 

lolz