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Position: | Defensive tackle Defensive end | ||||||||
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Born: | Willowick, Ohio, U.S. | December 12, 1962||||||||
Height: | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | ||||||||
Weight: | 265 lb (120 kg) | ||||||||
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High school: | St. Joseph (Cleveland, Ohio) | ||||||||
College: | Notre Dame | ||||||||
NFL draft: | 1985 / round: 10 / pick: 255 | ||||||||
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Michael Louis Golic Sr. (/ˈɡoʊlɪk/; born December 12, 1962[1]) is an American television host and former professional football player. He played as defensive lineman in the National Football League (NFL). Golic is well known for his 25-year association with ESPN, most notably co-hosting ESPN Radio's Mike & Mike from 2000 to 2017.
Golic joined ESPN in 1995 as a reporter/analyst for Sunday NFL Countdown. He was an original analyst for NFL 2Night (now known as NFL Live), the five-night-per-week news and information program on ESPN2. Golic also served as analyst for Arena Football League on ESPN. In 1997, Golic began serving as college football analyst for ESPN and ABC Sports, a role he continued until 2004 and resumed in 2020.[2] He also hosted Golic and Wingo from 2017 until 2020.[3]
After leaving ESPN, in 2021 Golic joined Learfield as co-host and analyst of College Football Saturday Night, a new personality-driven streaming radio broadcast of college football games throughout the season.[4] He currently serves as an analyst for Pro Football Talk,[5] and as the analyst for Westwood One's broadcast of Thursday Night Football.
Golic was also the host of the long-running syndicated sports highlights, bloopers, and gag show called The Lighter Side of Sports.[6]