George Michael Sports Machine Dead

[Pancamo]

http://www.wtop.com/?sid=1849159&nid=25

RIP.

 

[JackReacher]

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

 

[TigerVols]

Guess he had to go, go.

[/heading to hell]

 

[poindexter]

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

 

[spnited]

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.

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

My George Michael rankings:

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

 

[Sea Bass]

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

Holy **** that's funny.

 

[Chef]

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

 

[exmediahack]

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.

 

[forever_town]

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.

 

[Bubbler]

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

 

[poindexter]

Heaven needed someone to press fake buttons.

lolz

 

[Ronnie "Z-Man" Barzell]

My George Michael rankings:

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

Reverse this.

 

[Big Chee]

RIP to the innovator.

 

[Songbird]

Another icon of my youth. After Jim Hilll and/or Fred Rogan and/or Scott St. James -- all the L.A. sportscasters -- did their Sunday night wrap-ups, I stayed up and watched the ol' Sports Machine with George.

See ya again one day soon, George. Keep the Machine rockin'.

 

[Mystery Meat II]

OK, so it's the guy and not the show that just died, right? Because the show's been dead for a while and I passed this thinking lol, d_b when I said what the **** and clicked on it, and in actuality it was the man himself that was dead. So maybe a rewrite on the hed?

In deference to his iconic stature, I will forgo the "George Michael Sports Machine IS Dead" Simpsons joke. Except for that one.

 

[Smallpotatoes]

I watched the show every Sunday night in college.
RIP.

 

[Shaggy]

The Sports Machine was the one thing I was allowed to stay up late on a school night for. The plays of the month and plays of the year were must-see TV for my whole family.

RIP George.

 

[Drip]

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.

Right with you on when George Michael's career began.He was a nice guy and didn't have an ego. RIP.

 

[Flying Headbutt]

Didn't have an ego? I guess you gleaned that by watching TV. But the people I knew who used to work for him would tell you quite differently. In fact, some people found him quite difficult to work with.

That said, he made it work as well as anyone. And some of the people who did work with him behind the scenes learned lots and have gone on to do some great things in the TV business. He was an innovator for sure, and damn good at what he did.