George Michael Dead Of Cancer

11:09 am EST December 24th, 2009 | News | 17 Comments

George Michael

George Michael, legendary sports broadcaster (host of the syndicated George Michael’s Sports Machine), has just died. The guy was great.

WRC:

George Michael, the longtime NBC4 sports anchor known nationally for his syndicated sports highlights show “The George Michael Sports Machine,” passed away early Thursday morning at Sibley Hospital.
Michael was 70 years old.

Known for his boisterous, energetic storytelling and sense of humor, Michael served as sports director for WRC-TV, NBC’s D.C. affiliate, for 27 years. Started as a local program in the early ‘80s, “The Sports Machine” was syndicated in 1984.

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17 Responses to “George Michael Dead Of Cancer”

  1. Amused Observer says:
    December 24, 2009 at 11:51 am

    His family is fortunate they were able to share the time with him that they had. Families in similar situations will not be so fortunate. The quality of treatment, the quantity of treatment, and the rate of medical advancement are all going to suffer from the socialist expansion of the welfare state that the majority here champion. Obamacare is not going to be beneficial to the seriously ill.

  2. Clancy says:
    December 24, 2009 at 11:54 am

    In the days before I had ESPN, I lived for The Sports Machine, which aired after the Sunday late night news in Portland, OR. When I moved to DC, I loved that he was my full-time sports anchor. I already miss him.

  3. Mike says:
    December 24, 2009 at 11:59 am

    AO, you have demonstrated conclusively that you’re a classless asshole.

  4. jr says:
    December 24, 2009 at 12:37 pm

    I watched him as a kid. He got me more into sports. RIP

  5. Burn says:
    December 24, 2009 at 12:51 pm

    Ah, the Sportsmachine! Fond memories indeed. He’d push the button on the Machine, and the tape wheels would start turning. During the Gibbs years, his show was mandatory viewing.

    RIP George. He was part of the great Channel 4 lineup from my youth, with Jim Vance, Bob Ryan (with his famous Golden Shovel), Arch somebody who did movie reviews, Lea somebody who was the co-anchor. And Steve Doocey was the ‘human interest’ guy who did the fluff stories. I laughed out loud when I saw his mug on Fox for the first time a few years ago.

    Oh, and AO, fuck you, buddy. Typical that you’d be a classless prick because that’s just who you bitter wingnut losers are. I hope you get kicked to the curb by O for your little remark.

  6. Oliver Willis says:
    December 24, 2009 at 1:23 pm

    I’ll leave that tasteless comment up as a reminder of the depravity that chews at the minds of the right.

  7. peachy says:
    December 24, 2009 at 2:44 pm

    George Michael also was one hell of a rockin’ dee jay before he left radio for TV sports. I believe he was on WFIL, Philadelphia (“Famous 56″) in the mid 60s. A few years ago, he did a guest turn dee-jaying on DC’s “Don and Mike” radio show one afternoon. Lord, he still had it! Tight production and a fantastic on-air presence.

    RIP to one of the great ones.

  8. Lonya says:
    December 24, 2009 at 6:45 pm

    Michael was a giant here in DC. Personable, smart, great on-air personality who seemed to really enjoy whatever spport he was talking about. Redskins or rodeo – it was all good.
    Very sad news indeed.

  9. Matthew Hubbard says:
    December 24, 2009 at 6:57 pm

    Would it be too much to ask to change the title of the post to “Sportscaster George Michael Dead Of Cancer”. There is another George Michael some people might have heard of.

  10. Luv says:
    December 25, 2009 at 9:10 am

    As a kid growing up in Chicago, every Sunday night at 11, I would watch George Michaels Sports Machine to specifically if any Chicago team made his Plays of the Week/Month.

    Then I moved to Maryland where I discovered he was a local sports guy for a looooong time in the region. RIP, Mr. Michael….and thank you!

  11. bikelib says:
    December 25, 2009 at 1:45 pm

    During the 80′s/early nineties here in the Midwest, Sunday nites at 10pm was a must-watch for this sports fan. God Lord, but ESPN sucks ass compared to The Machine.

    Could AO be any more of a pathetic attention-seeking moron?

  12. Carlos says:
    December 26, 2009 at 7:06 am

    Shame. And we’re left with the likes of Joe Buck…

  13. Lonya says:
    December 26, 2009 at 11:33 am

    And what you missed in the midwest bikelib was George’s local sports work which was great. In particular was his Redksin’s Report every week with a panel that included John Riggins and Sonny Jurgensen and also Michael Wilbon and Tony Kornheiser. The rapport and banter on the show was great – and even though I’m not a skins fan – it was a must watch show.

    The relationship between Michael and Jurgensen (the best QB in skins history in my memory) was priceless. You could see how George adored Sonny and they just had a great time together.

  14. bikelib says:
    December 27, 2009 at 2:36 am

    Actually it may have been 11pm. That was many years and lots of “recreation” ago.

  15. Luv says:
    December 27, 2009 at 9:53 am

    Yeah, we know we “missed” that. Because we were in the midwest. You missed the awesome local Chicago sports shows….because you didn’t live there. But I’m not going to act like not seeing the heavenly Mike Ditka Show is tantamount to not seeing The Great Wall of China.

  16. Luv says:
    December 27, 2009 at 9:55 am

    Actualy, my apologies for the snarkiness. I was annoyed at something else and it bled into that responses.

    No worries.

  17. Lonya says:
    December 27, 2009 at 11:25 am

    :-) Yeah I wasn’t going for the geographical condescension thing there Luv. I really was just sharing a memory. And yeah I would have loved to have seen Ditka.

    It’s all good.