ESPN has shuffled their Monday Night Football broadcast booth quite a bit in the last several years. In particular, ESPN has struggled to settle on a play-by-play announcer, going from Sean McDonough to Joe Tessitore and then Steve Levy this past season. The booths have performed solidly, though they lack the star power that ESPN has come to be known for. That could end after the recent news of who ESPN reportedly wants for their Monday Night Football booth. Longtime play-by-play announcer Al Michaels is reportedly a target for the network as Amazon continues their pursuit of the legendary broadcaster, per the New York Post.
ESPN is contemplating a pursuit of legendary play-by-player Al Michaels for “Monday Night Football,” The Post has learned.
No final decision on whether to fully engage Michaels has been made, according to sources.
As the Post reports, no final decision has been made by ESPN regarding their potential engagement with Al Michaels, who is currently in negotiations with Amazon to be the voice of their Thursday Night Football streaming broadcasts next season.
Michaels, 77, was previously the voice of Monday Night Football on ABC from 1986 to 2005. His contract with NBC is set to expire following the season.
The ESPN-Al Michaels partnership remains an unlikely one, especially given Amazon's courtship with the broadcast star, though there at least seems to be genuine interest from the network regarding their Monday Night Football telecast.
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