Al Michaels jokes about Trump's Lake Ontario renaming on NFL broadcast

Legendary NFL broadcaster Al Michaels referenced President Donald Trump's executive order renaming Lake Ontario during a live broadcast on Thursday, August 27, 2026. The moment occurred during Amazon Prime Video's preseason game between the Cleveland Browns and New England Patriots, just hours after the president signed the order. As the broadcast returned from a commercial break in the first quarter, an aerial camera showed Huntington Bank Field in Cleveland with Lake Erie visible in the background. Michaels, 81, used the shot to make a topical joke. "That is Lake Erie. We think it is still called Lake Erie," he said. "We're not quite sure at this point.