Michael David Adamle is a former American football player and sportscaster. Adamle was a sportscaster for other Chicago television stations, including WLS-TV from 1983 to 1989 before hosting the American Gladiators. His first stint was at WMA-Q-TV from 1998 to 2001, then moved to WBM-TV from 2001 to 2004 before returning to Channel 5 until 2017, when he was diagnosed with chronic traumatic encephalopathy leading to dementia that eventually forced him to retire. For a time in 2008, Adamle worked for World Wrestling Entertainment in a variety of roles, including interviewer, sportscaster, and Raw general manager. Adamle was born in Euclid, Ohio, grew up in Kent and graduated from Theodore Roosevelt High School in 1967. His father, Tony Adamle, also found some success with the Cleveland Browns in the 1940s and 1950s and later became a physician. Adamle played college football at Northwestern University in the Big Ten Conference. He was a team captain, an All-American fullback, and the Big Ten Most Valuable Player in 1970. Adamle also scored 316 rushing yards against Wisconsin in 1969, a school record that still stands. He set a record for punt return yards in a single year, graduating in 1971. Adamle played six years in the NFL, two seasons with three teams. He was a fifth-round pick of the Kansas City Chiefs in the 1971 NFL Draft and later played for the New York Jets and Chicago Bears. After retiring from playing professional football, Adamle joined NBC Sports, where he was a studio host and sideline reporter for various events. He spent six years with NBC Sports, hosting Sports World and the pre-game shows. He was also the host of Grandstand, a pre-NFL show and sports anthology series during the NFL offseason. In 1984, he was a sideline reporter for ABC's NFL. In 2001, Adamle returned to sideline reporting when he joined Fred Rogin of KNBC on NBC's primary XFL broadcast team. He was also a co-host of American Gladiators from 1989 to 1996. In addition, he was a competitor on the celebrity contestants' show at the end of the show. Adamle also co-hosted International Gladiators with hosts from the United Kingdom and Australia and commentated on one series alongside British commentator John Sachs. He also appeared in the season four premiere of Family Matters playing himself in a fictional episode of American Gladiators. After American Gladiators ended, he became a reporter for ESPN. He covered the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics. In the summer of 2005, Adamle was the host of another NBC Bravo show, Battle of the Reality Network Stars. In July 2006, Adamle became a sports commentator for the professional bull riders on the Ford Hardcore Series. On January 27, 2008, at the Royal Rumble, Adamle began working as an interviewer for World Wrestling Entertainment. He then worked on WWE Raw as an interviewer, where he often made real mistakes in each of his on-screen appearances. In his first appearance, he mistakenly referred to Jeff Hardy as "Jeff Harvey". On April 15, he became an ECW commentator, replacing Joey Styles. Adamle continued to make frequent mistakes during his commentary duties on ECW, being criticized by former ECW owner and match blocker Paul Heyman and former talent Lance Storm. On April 29, Adamle left an ECW broadcast before a main event match, and asked his partner Tazz to do the same. This incident was incorporated into a storyline where WWE stated that Adamle and Tazz may have left due to fan criticism of Adamle's commentary. The following week, Adamle spoke out and apologized for his actions. On the July 28 episode of Raw, Executive Vice President Shane McMahon announced that Adamle was the new General Manager of the Raw brand. During his tenure as General Manager, he promoted a variety of high-profile matches dubbed the "Adamle Originals". On the October 27 episode of Raw, he slapped Randy Orton after Orton personally insulted him in a storyline. The following week on Raw, during an in-ring segment with Shane McMahon and Orton, he resigned as General Manager. Adamle was a play-by-play announcer for the Chicago Rush Football Club and broadcast Rush games for Comcast SportsNet Chicago and WGN. Following the 2013 Football Club season, Rush was unable to commit to the 2014 Football Club and 2015 Football Club seasons and the team was immediately suspended and the active roster was allocated among the rest of the Football Club. Adamle and his wife Kim have four children: Brad, Courtney, Alexandra and Svetlana and three grandchildren. He lives in Evanston, Illinois. Adamle has epilepsy. Following his work with the Epilepsy Foundation, where he currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Greater Chicago Chapter, he received the Personal Achievement Award at the 2007 Richard N. Rovner Awards Dinner. Adamle has completed two Ironman Triathlons in Kona, the last at the age of 60 in 2009, completing the race in 14 hours, 7:39 seconds. He has also completed other Ironman races, including Ironman USA 2003. On February 7, 2017, Adamle said he had been diagnosed with dementia, and that his doctor saw signs of chronic traumatic encephalopathy. He believes this, and his 19 years of seizures, were caused by his concussion in football. He officially retired from WMA Q-TV on March 24, 2017, in a farewell ceremony with his teammates.