The Commentator; The Making of a Commentator; The Flow State; Ben Johnson and the Secret of Life; Feel, Don't Think; Cometh The Moment, Cometh The Commentator; The Perfect Game, The Perfect Commentary; Moving Like a Tremendous Machine; Maggie Thatcher, Can You Hear Me?; The Doctor's in The House; The Miracle; When Commentary Meets Current Affairs; King David; The Commentator Who Changed A Sport; The Football Commentators; Where It All Began; A Woman's World; The Great Pretenders; The Sound of Silence; The Pinnacle; Commentating During a Pandemic.
Michael Schiavello is a 27-year television and radio commentary
veteran, sports writer, and best-selling author. Known as ‘The
Voice’, Michael has called sports events in more than in 26
countries on networks including TNT, Spike, SyFy, AXN, NBC Sports,
Fox Sports, CBS Sports, Sky, and AXS TV. An Olympic Games and
Commonwealth Games commentator, Michael won the 2019 Asian
Television Award in the category of ‘Best Sports
Presenter/Commentator’. He is the only commentator in history to be
nominated for the award three times.
Michael hosted The Voice Versus on US television network, AXS TV
between 2010-2017. The prime time, CableFax Award nominated
interview show included such guests as, Hulk Hogan, George Foreman,
Steven Seagal, Sugar Ray Leonard, Dan Gable, Michael Jai White,
Steve Austin, Joe Rogan, and Dana White. Michael’s work for One
Championship, Asia’s largest global sports media property, sees him
broadcast to more than 150 countries.
"The ultimate book for all sports fans!" -- Pat Miletich, UFC Hall
of Famer, Commentator for SHOWTIME and ESPN.
"When a book is published about various sports and one aspect that
ties them together, there will usually be some fantastic stories to
go along with the topic at hand. It helps when the author is
considered to be a good authority on the topic and for both of
these, Michael Schiavello fits in this far-reaching book on the
world of sports broadcasting. The book is far-reaching simply due
to the sheer number of sports that Schivaello writes about, 20 in
all from cricket to horse racing, from American football to
football as the rest of the world plays it. Because his work is
done in the United Kingdom, some of the longer and more detailed
descriptions are for sports popular there such as football (soccer)
and cricket, but he does a wonderful job of covering American
sports as well. Good examples of his attention to the broadcasters
of American sports are the excellent write-ups he provides on two
legendary commentators in their respective games, Vin Scully
(baseball) and Mike "Doc" Emrick (ice hockey). Even though he many
not follow those sports closely, he does a nice job of writing
about two of the best and their descriptions of the games. In
particular, his writing of Scully's call of the perfect game
pitched by Sandy Koufax in 1965 was a masterpiece. It would be hard
to do justice in the printed word to Scully's wonderful call of
that game, but the writing about Scully's call in the 9th inning is
a must-read passage. Schiavello, himself no slouch when it comes to
sports broadcasting and the variety of events he has covered
(including oyster shucking), has written a book that any sports fan
should read, even if they may not be interested in some of the
games. It is also recommended to find the calls written in the book
on YouTube so that the audio can be experienced as well if the
reader has not heard the call previously. No matter one's sports
interest, one is sure to find something to enjoy in this book." --
Lance Smith
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