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George Michael of Sports Machine Fame Dead at 70

DC legend pioneered use of game highlights

By M. Morris, Newser Staff

Posted Dec 24, 2009 3:21 PM CST

(Newser) – George Michael, whose syndicated Sports Machine show helped introduce viewers to the magic of game highlights years before ESPN made it obsolete, died today in Washington. He was 70 and suffering from leukemia. At WRC in Washington from 1980 to 2008, Michael became a legend... Read full story »

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George Michael of Sports Machine Fame Dead at 70

DC legend pioneered use of game highlights

television • sports • ESPN • obituary • Washington, DC • sportscaster • George Michael (sportscaster) • George Michael Sports Machine • George Michael dead • George Michael obituary

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