Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Kafin fara gasar cin kofin duniya ta 1985, ABC ta cire Howard Cosell daga ayyukan sanarwar da aka tsara a matsayin horo ga littafinsa mai rikitarwa "Ban taɓa yin wasan ba". A wurin Cosell ya zo Tim McCarver (haɗuwa da wasa-by-play man Michaels da kuma abokin wasan kwaikwayo mai launi Jim Palmer), wanda ya fara tafiya ta zama wani ɓangare na telecasts na World Series. An bayar da rahoton cewa, a shekarar 1985, an dauki Cosell a matsayin mai wahalar aiki tare da watsa shirye-shiryen wasan baseball. A bayyane yake, Cosell da Michaels sun shiga cikin jayayya mai zafi bayan kammalawar rahoton su na 1984 American League Championship Series
saboda tsananin buguwar Cosell da sauran matsaloli. Ana ta rade-radin cewa Michaels ya je har ya bukaci shugabannin ABC su cire Cosell daga rumfar. A ƙarshe, Michaels ya fito fili da matsalolinsa da Cosell. Michaels ya yi iƙirarin cewa "Howard ya zama mai zalunci, mugunta, mugun mutum".