George Michael, (sportscaster, not the singer) has died.

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[PallMal]

WASHINGTON - George Michael, former sportscaster at NBC 4, has died of cancer at the age of 70.

Michael revolutionized local sportscasting with the use of brand new satellite technology that produced highlights from all over the country.

[mugamba]

When serving in Okinawa George’s Sports Machine was *the* link back to reality...never missed a tape delayed episode on FEN...

[RoadKingSE]

First the Redskins die, now George Michael. Well heck.

[RayChuang88]

Though Michael was made obsolete with the increasing success of ESPN's SportsCenter program, many of the things pioneered on the George Michael Sports Machine show became de rigueur on SportsCenter.

He will be missed.

[Publius]

George Gimball (real name). I rememeber him at WFIL in Phaildelphia during the Sixties.

[crazydad]

Damn it I though you meant the homo who ruined christmas song forever with the horrid “Last Christmas”! Anywho RIP!

[politicalamity]

Remember watching him on AFN while stationed in Germany. Always liked watching him. Prayers for his family.

[Lancey Howard]

Oh wow... I listened to this man every night while I was in my room doing my homework back in the ‘60s. He was a DJ on WFIL (560am) in the Philly area. I even won “Boss Beads” from him in a contest one night. Another time he played a request from some girl I asked out on a date. The song was ‘Together’ by the Intruders and it was dedicated to me, by name. Yikes, that was embarrassing...

Anyway, rest in peace George Michael, along with my long gone youth.

[Moose4]

The Sports Machine was a Sunday night tradition when I was in college in the mid-’80s at James Madison University down in Harrisonburg. We got our TV out of DC and every Sunday night, a bunch of us would hang out in the dorm TV lounge and end the weekend watching George do his show. RIP, George.

}:-)4