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Football fans watching “Sunday Night Football” between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Buffalo Bills likely noticed that Al Michaels was not on the call for NBC. Instead, Mike Tirico was calling the game with Cris Collinsworth, who is …
Those watching “Sunday Night Football” between the New Orleans Saints and Green Bay Packers noticed something immediately: Mike Tirico was on the call instead of Al Michaels. So where was Michaels? The NBC play-by-play voice was out on a …
NBC’s plan when hiring Mike Tirico several years ago was to have him eventually replace Al Michaels as the lead play-by-play announcer for “Sunday Night Football,” and that transition is expected to begin this season. On Thursday, …
The overflow of tributes that have come in since Kobe Bryant’s death on Sunday have shown how revered the Los Angeles Lakers legend was among the NBA community, sports fans in general, and people throughout the world. A story shared by Mike …
When Mike Tirico joined NBC shortly after they won the rights to broadcast Thursday Night Football, it was widely assumed that he would become the voice of that particular package. That will reportedly not happen, however, because the NFL has stepped …
One of ESPN’s longest tenured personalities is reportedly departing the network, with Mike Tirico headed to NBC. According to John Ourand of Sports Business Daily, Tirico, whose ESPN deal ends this summer, will join up with NBC and become the …
Mike Tirico told an absolute gem of a story while calling Novak Djokovic’s match at the US Open on Tuesday night. All the stars were out at the tennis center in Flushing to watch Serena Williams face sister Venus in their quarterfinals match …
Monday night’s game between the Carolina Panthers and Philadelphia Eagles got so out of hand that Jon Gruden and Mike Tirico decided to fire up a blender in the broadcast booth. Sure, there was a story behind it. Chip Kelly is known for making …
While watching the fourth quarter of the Hawks/Bucks closeout Game 7 on ABC, I couldn’t help but be pleased when I heard the national broadcast team of Mike Tirico and Hubie Brown speak so glowingly about the UCLA basketball program. Bucks …
So Dan Patrick’s exit date from ESPN Radio is quickly approaching, and now a lot of questions will be answered. For one, what timeslot will Patrick’s new show occupy, and secondly, who will replace him at ESPN? Well, quite wisely, …
Now that the announcement from Dan Patrick is official and we know he’s leaving ESPN August 17th, what will his next step be? Speculation has been that he will try to venture out and syndicate his own show, similar to the way The Jim Rome Show …
