Man, you thought the Patriots-Browns game on Thursday night was all about the gridiron action? Think again. Veteran broadcaster Al Michaels dropped a bombshell that had nothing to do with touchdowns and everything to do with, get this, geography and international relations. He was openly poking fun at a major political decision, right there on the Amazon Prime Video broadcast.
The Great Lakes Get Political
During the game, Michaels was setting the scene, talking about the view from Cleveland. He brought up Lake Erie, then pivoted, and that’s when things got wild. He started talking about the *other* Great Lake whose name is apparently up for grabs. He literally said, “That is Lake Erie. We think it is still called Lake Erie. We’re not quite sure at this point.”
‘Lake America’? Seriously?
Then came the kicker. Michaels went on, “But we’ll be by Lake something like Ontario or whatever it’s going to be called by the time we get to Buffalo. Anyway, you know what I’m talking about. Read the news.” This wasn’t just some off-the-cuff remark, either. It happened the same day President Donald Trump signed an executive order to officially rename Lake Ontario to “Lake America” in all U.S. government databases.
Trump’s reasoning? He claimed it was because of a worsening relationship with Canada and that the U.S. didn’t expect to do much business with Ontario anymore. But Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney was having none of it, flat-out rejecting the renaming and saying the lake’s historic name, over 400 years old, remains Lake Ontario “today and forever.” Michaels’ comments during the Patriots-Browns broadcast just added a moment of pure humor to this whole wild dispute.
So while we were focused on the plays, Al Michaels was dropping truth bombs and making us all wonder what’s next in the geopolitical landscape, all while calling an NFL game. It just shows you, you never know what you’re gonna hear when you tune in. Get ready for more wild moments as the NFL season continues. You know Michaels will be watching the news.
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Originally reported by Yahoo Sports.
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