The end of the Sports Machine

Yesterday it was announced that George Michael will be stepping down from his position as the sports director at NBC 4 in Washington D.C. and ceasing production of his show, the Sports Machine, in March. For all those readers outside of Washington D.C., this is not the same George Michael who was part of Wham and was caught doing things in a bathroom that were “naughty, naughty”. This George Michael has been a mainstay in D.C. and for kids like me who grew up in this area, it is hard to imagine an NBC newscast without George Michael involved (especially since he began at NBC in 1980, the same year I was born). The Sports Machine was basically Sportscenter, before Sportscenter was on the air. It will be interesting to see who gets the new job as sports director at NBC.