NBC Sportscaster Michele Tafoya dives into new role at Rio de Janeiro Olympics
Manhattan Beach’s Michele Tafoya works the sidelines on Sunday Night Football. Photo courtesy of NBC Sports by Sean McDonald In her senior year at Mira Costa High School (class of ‘83) Michele Tafoya was torn between attending Stanford and UC Berkeley. Her mother and father had attended Cal and her older sister Meg was a senior at Cal. But like many 17 year olds, Tafoya wanted to buck the trend. She leaned toward Cal’s biggest rival. That fall, on her way to visit Stanford, Tafoya stopped at Cal to visit her sister and witnessed what became known in the annals of college football as “The Play.” Cal was playing Stanford. Stanford took the lead with a field goal, with only seconds remaining. Stanford’s band, in anticipation of victory, took the field as Cal took the kickoff. Five laterals later, Cal defensive back Kevin Moen (today a Palos Verdes Realtor), wove through the Cardinal’s special team and Cardinal tromboners and trumpeters into the endzone. “Everyone asks if ‘The Play’ is why I ended up choosing Cal over Stanford. It’s not the reason, but let’s just say it didn’t hurt,” Tafoya said. Tafoya studied mass communications at Cal Berkeley because of her interest in radio and…
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