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| Born | December 12, 1962 Willowick, Ohio |
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| Year(s) | 1986–1993 | ||
| NFL Draft | 1985 / Round: 10 / Pick: 255 | ||
| College | Notre Dame | ||
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| Games played | 115 | ||
| Sacks | 11.5 | ||
| Interceptions | 3 | ||
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Michael Louis "Mike" Golic (born December 12, 1962 in Willowick, Ohio), is a co-host of ESPN Radio's Mike and Mike in the Morning and a former defensive lineman for both Notre Dame and in the NFL. The NFL website lists him as 6 feet 5 inches (1.96 m) and 265 pounds (120 kg).
He also serves as an analyst for ESPN and ESPN2's NFL studio programming, as well as for the networks' college football game coverage. Golic joined ESPN in 1995 as an NFL reporter/analyst for Sunday NFL Countdown. Since then he has worked as the color commentator for the Arena Football League (1996-98, 2007–present) and the NFL's Jacksonville Jaguars pre-season games (1995-98). In 1998, Golic began serving as college football analyst for ESPN and ABC, and was an original analyst for NFL 2Night (now and better known as NFL Live), the five-night-per-week news and information program on ESPN2.
Golic is also the host of the long running syndicated sports highlights, bloopers and gag fest called The Lighter Side of Sports.[1]
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Playing career
Golic attended St. Joseph high school in Cleveland, Ohio. Golic is a 1985 graduate of the University of Notre Dame, majoring in finance and management. He served as captain of the football team during his senior season and also wrestled for the Irish.
Before working for ESPN, Golic was a nine-year NFL veteran, playing defensive tackle for the Houston Oilers, Philadelphia Eagles, and Miami Dolphins and recorded 11.5 sacks and 3 interceptions in his career. Golic admitted to taking steroids briefly while recovering from an injury. As his talk-show partner Mike Greenberg likes to point out, on each of Golic's three career picks, he was tackled by the quarterback. Golic was selected in the tenth round in the 1985 draft, taken 255th overall by the Houston Oilers [2][3]
Life after retirement
Broadcasting career
During his five years in Philadelphia, he began his television career with a weekly segment on the Randall Cunningham Show. He received a Mid-Atlantic Region Emmy Award for his feature Golic's Got It. Prior to joining ESPN, Golic was a commentator for the now-defunct women's professional wrestling organization Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling.
Golic currently co-hosts Mike and Mike in the Morning with Mike Greenberg on ESPN Radio and ESPN2.
Other appearances
On April 27, it was announced Mike Golic will appear alongside football's greatest players in the PS3 and Xbox 360 game, All-Pro Football 2K8.
Mike made an appearance on ESPN's mini-series Tilt. He can be seen during the final episode eating a donut at the buffet table. Mike also appeared with Mike Greenberg on the TV series Guiding Light in 2008.
Personal life
Golic's older brother is Bob Golic, who also played at Notre Dame, and is multi-time NFL All-Pro nose tackle who is a talk radio host Monday through Saturday on WNIR-FM in Akron, Ohio and is a co-host of the Cleveland Browns television pre-game and post-game shows that air Sundays on CBS affiliate WOIO-TV. Mike and Bob appeared with older brother, Greg, on the May 28, 2009 of Mike and Mike in the Morning broadcast from Progressive Field in Cleveland, wherein their father, Lou Golic, also made a brief guest appearance.
Golic currently endorses ESPN College Pick'Em for Dr. Pepper and the Nutrisystem program, with which he has lost more than 50 pounds[4].
Mike resides in Avon, CT, approximately 12 miles from ESPN headquarters. During the February 20, 2007 broadcast of Mike and Mike in the Morning, Golic's 17-year-old son Mike called in from Italy to reveal that he had verbally committed to play football at his father's alma mater, Notre Dame. The next season his other son Jake also committed to Notre Dame. [5] Mike and wife Christine also have a daughter Sydney who is a swimmer. [6]
References
- ^ http://www.rotfeldproductions.com/lighterside/
- ^ Golic admits to steroid use during national radio show, Yahoo!, 2007-11-09, http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/rumors/post/Golic-admits-to-steroid-use-during-national-radi?urn=nfl,53112, retrieved 2007-11-16
- ^ Schultz, Jeff (2007-11-13), Dunn does Falcons proud, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, http://www.ajc.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/ajc/sportscolumns/entries/2007/11/13/dunn_does_falco.html, retrieved 2007-11-16
- ^ NutriSystem - Success Stories
- ^ http://www.huliq.com/56174/jake-golic-becomes-notre-dame039s-1st-2009-commitment
- ^ http://jgwebblogs.typepad.com/notre_dame/2008/04/more-from-jake.html
External links
- Mike and Mike in the Morning
- Un-Official Mike Golic Fan Club Pages
- Golic's GQ Cover Shot
- Emmy winning Off-Mikes Cartoon Show
- Career statistics and player information from NFL.com • Pro-Football-Reference
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