1. Mike Golic played as defensive lineman in the National Football League.
24 Facts About Mike Golic
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Mike Golic was an original analyst for NFL 2Night, the five-night-per-week news and information program on ESPN2.
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Mike Golic served as analyst for Arena Football League on ESPN.
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In 1997, Mike Golic began serving as college football analyst for ESPN and ABC Sports, a role he continued until 2004 and resumed in 2020.
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Mike Golic hosted Golic and Wingo from 2017 until 2020.
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Mike Golic currently serves as an analyst for Pro Football Talk, and as the analyst for Westwood One's broadcast of Thursday Night Football.
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Mike Golic was the host of the long-running syndicated sports highlights, bloopers, and gag show called The Lighter Side of Sports.
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Mike Golic was born and raised in Willowick, Ohio, and attended St Joseph High School in Cleveland, Ohio.
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Mike Golic graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1985 as a finance and management major.
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Mike Golic served as captain of the football team during his senior season and wrestled for the Irish.
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Mike Golic was selected by the Houston Oilers in the 10th round with the 255th overall pick of the 1985 NFL draft.
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Mike Golic was an eight-year NFL veteran, playing defensive tackle for the Oilers, Philadelphia Eagles and Miami Dolphins.
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Mike Golic played in 115 games and 5 playoff games during his 8 seasons in the NFL.
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Mike Golic recorded 11.5 sacks and three interceptions in his career.
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Mike Golic admitted to taking corticosteroids briefly while recovering from an injury.
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Mike Golic received a Mid-Atlantic Region Emmy Award for his feature Golic's Got It.
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Mike Golic began his fulltime broadcasting career in earnest when he moved to Phoenix, AZ, in 1995 to become the lead talkshow host at KGME radio.
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Mike Golic served as the analyst for Jacksonville Jaguars pre-season games from 1995 to 1998.
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Mike Golic worked with a series of co-hosts for the remainder of 1999.
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Mike Golic can be seen during the final episode eating a donut at the buffet table.
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Mike Golic appeared with Mike Golic Greenberg on the TV series Guiding Light in 2008.
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In 2015, Mike Golic was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in the Outstanding American category, designated for those who have used wrestling as a stepping stone to success in other fields.
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Mike Golic earned multiple NFL All-Pro nose tackle honors and is currently a talk radio host Monday through Saturday on WNIR-FM in Akron, Ohio and co-hosts the Cleveland Browns television pre-game and post-game shows on Sundays on CBS affiliate WOIO-TV.
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Golic has stated numerous times on Mike and Mike he is a Cleveland Guardians and a Cleveland Cavaliers fan.