“Whether it's Al Michaels, when the earthquake happened in San Francisco and his ability to handle it like Walter Cronkite would have handled it, or Bob Costas with his overview of what's happening with worldly events at the Olympics and the perspective that he has there, you know these guys are so well read.”

American former professional football player and sports broadcaster

Cris Collinsworth is an American former professional football player and sports broadcaster. Born in 1959, he spent eight seasons as a wide receiver in the National Football League with the Cincinnati Bengals, and later became a familiar television analyst. He played college football for the Florida Gators and earned first-team All-American honors. Beyond his broadcasting work for NBC, Showtime, and the NFL Network, he is also the majority owner of Pro Football Focus and has won 17 Sports Emmy Awards.