ABC/ESPN announced that sports broadcaster Al Michaels would be released from his contract to allow him to join John Madden on NBC's Sunday night NFL football games next season. This ended weeks of
speculation about Michaels, who was considering staying on, being the play-by-play announcer for the new "Monday Night Football," which moves from ABC to ESPN this fall. Michaels has been the
play-by-play announcer for "Monday Night Football" on ABC.
--Wayne Friedman
