Michael Anthony Strahan (/ˈstreɪhæn/ STRAY-han; born November 21, 1971)[1] is an American television host, journalist, and former professional football player.

He played his entire 15-year professional career as a defensive end for the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL).

A dominant pass rusher, Strahan set the record for most NFL single-season quarterback sacks (which was matched by T. J. Watt in 2021) and helped the Giants win Super Bowl XLII over the New England Patriots in his final season in 2007.

He appears as a football analyst on Fox NFL Sunday, and served as a co-host of ABC's Good Morning America as well as Live!

When Strahan was 9, his family moved to Army post BFV (Benjamin Franklin Village) in Mannheim, West Germany.

Strahan followed in the footsteps of his uncle Art, who also played defensive end at Texas Southern University.

[7] As a senior with the Texas Southern Tigers, Strahan was selected to the All-America first-team by The Poor Man's Guide to the NFL Draft, The Sheridan Network, Edd Hayes Black College Sports Report and the Associated Press.

He was also selected Division I-AA Defensive Player of the Year by The Poor Man's Guide and Edd Hayes Black College Sports Report.

In Week 8 of the 1999 season, Strahan returned an interception 44 yards for a game-winning overtime touchdown in a 23–17 win over the Philadelphia Eagles.

It also surfaced in the spring that the Giants explored trading Strahan, after which he suggested that management had orchestrated the contract flap to make him look bad.

He rebounded in 2005, returning to the Pro Bowl, with his protégé, Osi Umenyiora, as the two combined for 26 sacks while anchoring the Giants' defense.

[15] However, Packers right tackle Mark Tauscher claimed it was just a bad play and "we wanted to avoid that sack.

It seemed as though Strahan would retire after the 2006 season when he did not report to Giants training camp and missed the entire preseason, but the 14-year veteran opted to return for one final year.

On September 30, 2007, he sacked Donovan McNabb from the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday Night Football, increasing his career total to 133.5, setting a new franchise record.

On Sunday, February 3, 2008, at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, Strahan had two tackles and one sack in Super Bowl XLII, in what is considered one of the biggest upsets in NFL history.

His final act as a Giant was his acceptance of the Vince Lombardi Trophy alongside John Mara, Steve Tisch and Tom Coughlin.

Super Bowl XLVIII, played in East Rutherford, New Jersey, was dedicated to Strahan upon his induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2014.

[21] Strahan, along with the other members of Blue Origins NS-19, were the final recipients of the FAA Commercial Space Astronaut Wings,[22] an aviator wings-like badge created by the Federal Aviation Administration to encourage and draw attention to commercial space flight.

Daytime Emmy Awards Halls of Fame Competition Media On June 24, 2008, it was announced that Strahan would be joining the Fox NFL Sunday pregame show, alongside host Curt Menefee and analysts Terry Bradshaw, Howie Long, and Jimmy Johnson.

After twenty guest appearances over two years, Strahan was selected as Kelly Ripa's new co-host on September 4, 2012, marking his first official day on the rechristened syndicated talk show, Live!

Ratings instantly surged, impressively generating year-over-year time slot gains across all key demographics, towering over its nearest competition, the fourth hour of NBC's Today, by 87 percent.

In 2018, Strahan began co-hosting a daytime talk show spin-off of Good Morning America, originally titled GMA Day, alongside Sara Haines.

[53] In January 2007, Judge James B. Convery awarded Muggli $15 million in a divorce settlement[55] in addition to $18,000 monthly child support.

In March 2007, the court ordered the Montclair, New Jersey mansion to be auctioned and the sales money split evenly;[57] the house was valued at $3.6 million.

In February 2008, Strahan and Giants teammate Justin Tuck teamed up with Nike to design their own exclusive sneakers for ID studio in New York City.

[69] In December 2018, Strahan volunteered at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and was featured in a series of holiday promotions.