Al Michaels admits reporting big fib
(September 1, 2010) Al Michaels guaranteed himself eternal fame when he asked, "Do you believe in Miracles?" But now it turns out that the highly respected broadcaster once was a sports editor who shouldn't have been believed.
Michaels has admitted that he was a bit of a journalistic prankster while in college at Arizona State, and working as sports editor of the State Press. The Arizona Republic reports it was the primary victim of Michaels' joke, when he created a fictional baseball player from a remote high school and phoned in phony results to the Republic. "I made up a guy named Clint Romas, and called the Arizona Republic, and had this phony guy in like four box scores," Michaels said. "Then (the university) gave me the Walter Cronkite Award, and Walter is there, and I'm going, 'Wait a minute . . . I'm the guy who created this farcical thing with the Republic.' " Michaels' revelation is particularly noteworthy this week, given that Washington Post columnist Mike Wise decided to try his hand at fictional news, and drew a 30-day suspension from the newspaper. Read more at
USA Today where this story was originally published.
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