- Brent Musburger
Brent Woody Musburger (born May 26, 1939 in Portland, Oregon) is an American sportscaster for the ABC and ESPN television networks. - Mike Tirico
Mike Tirico is the lead broadcaster for ESPN's presentation of "Monday Night Football". In addition to his "Monday Night Football" duties, Tirico hosts a multitude of programming on ESPN/ABC. He has been host of ABC's golf coverage since 1996, and from 2002 to 2006, he was studio host for ABC's NBA telecasts. Starting in 2007, Tirico will call the NBA Finals for ESPN Radio. - Steve Young
Jon Steven Young (born October 11 1961 in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA), is a former quarterback for the National Football League's San Francisco 49ers and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and the Los Angeles Express of the short-lived United States Football League. He was named the Most Valuable Player of Super Bowl XXIX, and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2005, the first left-handed quarterback to be so honored. - Al Michaels
Alan Richard Michaels (born November 12, 1944) is an American television sportscaster. Currently employed by NBC Sports after nearly three decades (1977 - 2006) with ABC Sports, Michaels is one of the most prominent and respected members of his profession. He is perhaps best known for his broadcast of the Miracle on Ice, which culminated in his widely quoted catchphrase, "Do you believe in miracles? Yes!" Michaels has won numerous awards during his career, … - John Madden
John Earl Madden (born April 10, 1936) is a former National Football League player, head coach, and a Pro Football Hall-of-Famer. Madden is perhaps best known for his nearly three-decade career as a color commentator for various broadcasting networks. He was part of the iconic CBS and later Fox broadcasting duo, along with Pat Summerall in the 1980s and 1990s. He was also the last color commentator for Monday Night Football before it moved to ESPN in 2006. - O. J. Simpson
Orenthal James "O. J." Simpson (born July 9, 1947) (also known by his nickname, The Juice) is a retired American football player who achieved stardom at the collegiate and professional levels, and was the first NFL player to rush for more than 2,000 yards in a season. He later worked as an actor, spokesperson and broadcaster. Simpson is infamous for having been tried for the murder of ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman in 1994. - Michele Tafoya
Michele Tafoya (Vandersall) (born December 17, 1964 in Manhattan Beach, California) is an American television sportscaster. She currently works for ESPN as a sideline reporter for "Monday Night Football" and NBA games on ABC. Prior to joining ABC Sports and ESPN in 2000, she worked for several years for CBS Sports, covering the Winter Olympics and various games in the NFL, college football and college basketball. - Joe Namath
Joseph William "Joe Willie" Namath (born May 31, 1943), also known as Broadway Joe, was an American football Hall of Fame quarterback in the American Football League and National Football League during the 1960s and 1970's. Namath played for the New York Jets for most of his career. He finished out his career with the Los Angeles Rams. Namath retired with a record of 77 wins, 108 losses and 3 ties. - Joe Theismann
Former quarterback for the Washington Redskins. Chosen as one of the 70 greatest Washington Redskins (June 2002). Played college football at Notre Dame. Originally pronounced his last name "THEES-man" until he enrolled, when Notre Dame's sports information department convinced him to change the pronunciation to rhyme with "Heisman." All during his senior season, they would promote him to sportswriters as "Theismann, as in Heisman!" in hopes that he would win enough votes for the Heisman... - Frank Gifford
Francis Newton Gifford (born August 16 1930 in Santa Monica, California) is a former American football player and one of the better-known American sports commentators in the latter part of the 20th century who made the transition from an athlete to broadcasting. Gifford joined the Phi Sigma Kappa Fraternity in 1952. - Dick Vermeil
Richard Albert "Dick" Vermeil is a former American head coach for the National Football League's Philadelphia Eagles (1976-1982), St. Louis Rams (1997-1999) and Kansas City Chiefs (2001-2005). He has coached at every level; Vermeil owns the rare distinction of being named “Coach of the Year” on four levels: High School, Junior College, NCAA Division I and the NFL. - Robin Roberts
Robin Roberts (b. 1960) is an American television broadcaster, who is the co-anchor of ABC's popular morning show "Good Morning America". Roberts' father was one of the Tuskegee Airmen. She grew up in Pass Christian, Mississippi, where she played basketball and tennis among other sports, and graduated from high school as the class salutatorian. She then attended Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond, Louisiana, … - Suzy Kolber
Suzy Kolber (born May 14, 1964 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a football sideline reporter, co-producer, and anchor for ESPN and ABC Sports. She was one of the original anchors of ESPN2 when it launched in 1993. Three years later, she left ESPN2 to join Fox Sports, but rejoined ESPN in late-1999, and has been there since. She is a 1982 graduate of Pennsylvania's Upper Dublin High School and a 1986 graduate of the University of Miami. - Roone Arledge
Roone Arledge (July 8, 1931 - December 5, 2002) was an American sports broadcasting pioneer who was chairman of ABC News from 1977 until his death, and a key part of the company's rise to competition with the two other main broadcasting stations, NBC and CBS, in the '60s, '70s, and '80s. - Brian Billick
Brian Billick (February 28, 1954) has been the head coach of the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League since January 19, 1999. Billick led the Ravens to a 34-7 victory over the New York Giants in Super Bowl XXXV, the franchise's only championship appearance, and has won the most games in team history. - Jack Buck
John Francis "Jack" Buck (August 21, 1924 - June 18, 2002), born in Holyoke, Massachusetts, was an American sportscaster, best known for his work announcing Major League Baseball games of the St. Louis Cardinals. Buck received the Ford C. Frick Award from the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1987, and is honored with a star on the St. Louis Walk of Fame. Buck was recognizable by his deep, gravelly voice, penchant for sardonic irony, and his distinctive play-by-play calls. - Bill Belichick
In 2001, just his second season as Patriots head coach, Belichick guided the Patriots to their first league title with a dramatic victory in Super Bowl XXXVI. In the seasons since then, he has directed New England to sustained success, reaching the Super Bowl four times in the last seven years while claiming five straight division championships. Over the last five seasons (2003-07), the Patriots have compiled an overall record of 77-17 (. - Boomer Esiason
Esiason, who quarterbacked the Cincinnati Bengals, New York Jets and Arizona Cardinals during a 14-year NFL career, also serves as studio analyst for THE NFL TODAY, the CBS Television Network's NFL pre-game show. He joined the show in 2002 and is heard weekly along with James Brown , Dan Marino , Shannon Sharpe and Bill Cowher . - Michael Irvin
Michael Jerome Irvin (born March 5, 1966 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida) is a former American football player for the Dallas Cowboys and former broadcaster for ESPN's "NFL Countdown". He is regarded as one of the most successful wide receivers in the history of the National Football League. Irvin was nicknamed "The Playmaker" due to his penchant for making big plays in big games during his college career. - Dan Fouts
Daniel Francis Fouts (born June 10 1951 in San Francisco, California) was an American football quarterback in the National Football League for the San Diego Chargers from 1973 through 1987, and is famous for being one of the most prolific quarterbacks of the Super Bowl Era. - Keith Jackson
Keith Jackson (born October 18, 1928, in Roopville, Georgia) is a former American sportscaster, known for his long career with ABC Sports television and his coverage of college football. - Curt Gowdy
Curtis Edward Gowdy was an American sportscaster, well-known as the longtime "voice" of the Boston Red Sox and for his coverage of many nationally-televised sporting events, primarily for NBC Sports in the 1960s and 1970s. - Howard Cosell
Howard William Cosell, born Howard William Cohen was an American sports journalist on American television. His abrasive personality and tendency to speak his mind, often in erudite terms unusual for a sportscaster, made him, according to one poll, both the most-liked and most-hated television reporter in the country. - Jim Lampley
Jim Lampley (born on April 8, 1949 in Hendersonville, North Carolina) is an American sports broadcaster, news anchor, movie producer, and restaurant owner. He has been in several television shows, but is better known for his participation in the "HBO Boxing" series (officially "HBO World Championship Boxing"). He currently works alongside Larry Merchant and Emanuel Steward in that series. - Dennis Miller
Dennis Miller (born November 3, 1953, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American comedian, political commentator, television personality, and talk radio host. He rose to fame as a cast member of "Saturday Night Live" in the late 1980s, and subsequently hosted a string of his own talk shows on HBO, CNBC and in syndication. He has more recently become known for his conservative opinions including an aggressive stance on U.S. military action. - Michael Strahan
Michael Anthony Strahan (born November 21, 1971, in Houston, Texas) is an American Football player who currently plays Defensive End for the New York Giants of the National Football League. He attended Texas Southern University and was drafted in the second round of the 1993 NFL Draft by the New York Giants. Strahan was named NFL Defensive Player of the Year by the Associated Press in 2001, because of his record 22.5 sacks. - Lynn Swann
Lynn Curtis Swann is a former professional football player, sports broadcaster and a Republican politician. As a youth, Swann went to Junípero Serra High School in San Mateo, California, later attended the University of Southern California, and completed a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Public Relations from the USC Annenberg School for Communication in 1974. Swann is married to Charena Swann, a psychologist, and has two sons. - Peter King
Peter King (b. 1957, Springfield, Massachusetts) is a well-respected football columnist for "Sports Illustrated", the author of five books, most notably "Inside the Helmet", as well as a TV analyst and reporter. Since 2006, he is a part of "Football Night in America", NBC's Sunday night NFL studio show. King graduated from Ohio University in 1979, and following graduation, began working for the Cincinnati Enquirer, … - Don Meredith
Joseph Don "Dandy Don" Meredith (born April 10, 1938 in Mount Vernon, Texas) is a retired American football quarterback who played for the Dallas Cowboys, a former football commentator, and entertainer. - Fran Tarkenton
Francis Asbury Tarkenton (born February 3 1940) is a former American football player, TV personality, and computer software executive. He is probably best known for his years with the Minnesota Vikings and New York Giants, as well as a commentator on "Monday Night Football" and a co-host of "That's Incredible!". Tarkenton also founded Tarkenton Software, a computer-program generator company, … - Lesley Visser
Lesley Visser is a broadcaster for CBS Sports and contributes to The NFL Today, college basketball, figure skating and U.S. Open Tennis Championships. Long considered a pioneer among sports journalists, Visser has had many historic accomplishments in the world of sports: first woman reporter to cover the World Series, first female NFL beat writer, first woman sideline reporter at the Super Bowl and first female member of ABC's Monday Night Football. - Solomon Wilcots
Solomon Wilcots (born October 9, 1964 in Los Angeles, California) is a former American football defensive back in the NFL. Wilcots played six seasons in the league for the Cincinnati Bengals, Minnesota Vikings, and Pittsburgh Steelers. He attended the University of Colorado. Wilcots is currently an analyst on the NFL Network as well as a color commentator for CBS' football telecasts, where he is paired with Ian Eagle. - Mike Patrick
Mike Patrick is an American sportscaster. Since 1982, he has worked for WJLA-TV,Jefferson-Pilot and ESPN where he is best known for his role as play-by-play announcer on the network's "Sunday Night Football" telecasts from 1987-2005. He was briefly replaced in 2004 by Pat Summerall, while Patrick recovered from heart bypass surgery. He has also called college football, men's and women's college basketball, and the College World Series for the network, … - Fred Williamson
Fred "The Hammer" Williamson (born March 5, 1938 in Gary, Indiana) is a former professional football player, a star defensive back in the AFL during the 1960s. - Tom Landry
Thomas Wade Landry was an American football player and coach. He is best known for his successes as the coach of the Dallas Cowboys. - Jack Arute
Jack Arute, Jr. is an auto racing pit reporter and college football sideline reporter for ESPN, radio host for Sirius Satellite Radio's "NFL Radio" as well as being president of the Stafford Motor Speedway in Connecticut. Arute began his work with ABC & ESPN in 1984, after serving as a radio commentator for the Motor Racing Network from 1972-1980. He then served as Vice President of Charlotte Motor Speedway in 1980. - Hank Williams Jr.
Hank Williams, Jr. (May 26, 1949) is an American country and southern rock artist, son of country music pioneer Hank Williams and father of Hank III and Holly Williams. - Alex Karras
Alexander George Karras (born July 15, 1935 in Gary, Indiana), is a former football player, professional wrestler and actor who is best known for playing with the National Football League's Detroit Lions from 1958-1962 and 1964-1971. In addition, he starred on the ABC sitcom "Webster", alongside real-life wife Susan Clark, as the titular character's adoptive father. - Edd Kalehoff
Edward Woodley "Edd" Kalehoff is a music composer who specializes in compositions for television. Composer of about 1000 pieces, mainly for television, his credits include the theme and majority of cues used on "The Price is Right", a music package for ABC Sports that updated and expanded the "Monday Night Football" theme, for WNBC-TV's famous 1992 promotional campaign "We're 4 New York", … - Thomas Jackson
Thomas (Tom) Jackson also referred to "TJ" or Tommy (b. April 4, 1951 in Cleveland, Ohio) is an NFL analyst for ESPN and a former All-Pro linebacker for the Denver Broncos.
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