1. Michael Carlson was born on March 12,1951 and is a pundit of National Football League coverage in the United Kingdom.
21 Facts About Mike Carlson
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Mike Carlson worked on Channel Five's coverage of the sport from 1998 to 2010 and Channel 4's coverage of the sport from 2010 to 2015.
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Mike Carlson commentated on BBC's coverage of basketball at the 2012 Olympics and the 2016 Olympics.
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Mike Carlson played defensive end at Milford Academy as an underage academic scholarship student on a largely post-graduate teams.
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Mike Carlson played lacrosse as a freshman, then lettered in basketball and track as senior.
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Mike Carlson played football, as a tight end, and lacrosse, at all four positions, at Wesleyan University from 1968 to 1972.
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In 1994, Mike Carlson left Major League Baseball and became a freelance journalist.
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Mike Carlson writes obituaries for The Guardian and The Independent and on sport for a number of outlets, including NFLUK.
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Mike Carlson is the commentator for World Baseball Classic on Eurosport.
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Mike Carlson has covered a variety of other sports on television including Basketball, Poker, Soccer, and Lacrosse.
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Mike Carlson has worked behind the scenes on the television coverage of both Olympic Games and FIFA World Cup tournaments.
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Mike Carlson was the lead commentator for the BBC's coverage of the basketball at the 2012 Olympics, alongside co-commentator John Amaechi.
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Mike Carlson was part of the commentary team for the BBC's coverage of the basketball at the 2016 Olympics, alongside Australian sports broadcasters Mark Chester, Matthew Hill, Steve Robilliard and Vitor Sobral.
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In 1998, the United Kingdom terrestrial TV station Channel 5 began covering Monday Night Football for which Mike Carlson was the regular analyst from the start until the channel's coverage ended in 2010.
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Mike Carlson contributed to now-defunct weekly American football newspaper First Down and covered NFL Europe for NFL.
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Mike Carlson developed a fictional award named "Trent of the Week" for the best player in the week's games named Trent.
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Mike Carlson was one of the analysts for the BBC's inaugural coverage of the Super Bowl in February 2008, hosted by Jake Humphrey, with Rod Woodson as his partner.
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Mike Carlson returned to analyse for the BBC during their first live regular season game at Wembley in October 2008, with Jerry Rice, again at Super Bowl XLIII, with Rod Woodson, and briefly during the recorded highlights of the 2009 Wembley match.
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Mike Carlson was paired with Gary Imlach for the 2010 season and Danny Kelly in the 2011 season.
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Mike Carlson has has appeared on the BBC's coverage of live games alongside Mark Chapman, Jason Bell, and Osi Umenyiora.
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In September 2017, Mike Carlson joined Talksport as part of their live NFL coverage, and in 2018 launched his own Patreon.