Veteran broadcaster Al Michaels referred to fellow analyst Kirk Herbstreit as a "clown" following a disagreement over analytics during an NFL on Prime Video broadcast, according to reports on Friday.
The exchange occurred during Prime Video's NFL coverage, though specific details of the analytics-related jab that prompted Michaels' remark were not immediately disclosed. Michaels, a longtime play-by-play voice for NFL games, and Herbstreit, a prominent college football analyst who joined Prime's Thursday Night Football crew, have worked together on the broadcast team.
The incident highlights occasional on-air tensions between broadcasters regarding the increasing role of analytics in football commentary. Neither Michaels nor Herbstreit has issued a public statement on the matter as of Friday evening.
