Mike Tirico (/tɪˈriːkoʊ/; born December 13, 1966)[1] is an American sportscaster. He is currently the NFL play-by-play announcer on NBC's Sunday Night Football, having replaced Al Michaels in 2022. From 2006 to 2015, Tirico served as a play-by-play announcer on ESPN's Monday Night Football.[2] Tirico has called a multitude of sports in his career, including the NBA, NHL, college football and basketball, golf, tennis, and World Cup soccer.
Tirico left ESPN after 25 years with the network when his contract expired in mid-2016, and was subsequently hired by NBC Sports. Tirico debuted during NBC's coverage of the 2016 Open Championship and has since served as the network's lead host for golf coverage.[3]
Since joining NBC Sports, Tirico has become lead primetime host of the Olympics on NBC,[4] was the lead play-by-play for Notre Dame Football on NBC,[5] host of Triple Crown races on NBC,[6] host of NBC's Football Night in America,[7] host of NBC's coverage of the Indianapolis 500[8] and hosted NBC's coverage of the Stanley Cup.[9]
^Lage, Larry (August 12, 2006). "Monday Night's New Voice". The Herald-Palladium. p. 8B. AGE: 39 (Born Dec. 13, 1966 in New York.)
^"Mike Tirico, Jon Gruden to call MNF". ESPN. February 17, 2012. Retrieved October 19, 2021.
^"NBC names Mike Tirico host of 2016 British Open coverage". Golf Digest. Retrieved September 12, 2016.
^Macur, Juliet (July 15, 2017). "Mike Tirico Would Like to Talk About Anything but Mike Tirico (Published 2017)". The New York Times.
^Rosenthal, Phil (August 14, 2017). "Mike Tirico takes over as NBC's Notre Dame football announcer". Chicago Tribune.
^"MIKE TIRICO SUCCEEDS TOM HAMMOND AS A HOST OF NBC SPORTS GROUP'S TRIPLE CROWN HORSE RACING COVERAGE BEGINNING WITH 2017 KENTUCKY DERBY". April 25, 2017.
^"Mike Tirico new host of "Football Night In America". USA Today.
MikeTirico (/tɪˈriːkoʊ/; born December 13, 1966) is an American sportscaster. He is currently the NFL play-by-play announcer on NBC's Sunday Night Football...
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Scholarship at the Newhouse School, of which the very first recipient was MikeTirico in 1987. While studying communications in college, Costas began his professional...
ESPN announced that its Monday Night Football team would consist of MikeTirico on play-by-play, with Theismann and Tony Kornheiser as analysts. ESPN...
replacing Tirico & Van Pelt, which was co-hosted by Scott Van Pelt and MikeTirico. That show began on September 20, 2007 as The MikeTirico Show, with...
the lead play-by-play announcer for Monday Night Football (succeeding MikeTirico, who departed for NBC Sports) beginning in the 2016 season. In March...
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(28 °C) Game attendance: 73,522 Referee: John Hussey TV announcers (NBC): MikeTirico, Cris Collinsworth and Melissa Stark Recap, Game Book Week 2: Kansas...
throughout the remainder of the season. The ABC version was hosted by MikeTirico, with analysts Bill Walton and Tom Tolbert. Unlike most network pregame...
partnered with Mike Patrick, for the network's Sunday Night Football package and for one season of Monday Night Football with MikeTirico and Tony Kornheiser...
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personality for ESPN Radio, where he was the co-host of Tirico and Van Pelt alongside MikeTirico before the program was canceled and replaced with Van...
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broadcast featured a special introduction starring actress Halle Berry. As MikeTirico was the studio host for both the NFL and the Olympics, he traveled back...
(28 °C) Game attendance: 73,522 Referee: John Hussey TV announcers (NBC): MikeTirico, Cris Collinsworth and Melissa Stark Recap, Game Book To open the regular...
also playing for the United States women's national ice hockey team MikeTirico: Stanley Cup Finals game host and interviewer (2018–2019); studio host/play-by-play...
(23 °C) Game attendance: 80,809 Referee: Adrian Hill TV announcers (NBC): MikeTirico, Cris Collinsworth and Melissa Stark Recap, Game Book The Cowboys started...
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(17 °C) Game attendance: 64,628 Referee: Shawn Smith TV announcers (NBC): MikeTirico, Cris Collinsworth and Melissa Stark Recap, Game Book Week 3: Denver...
(21 °C) Game attendance: 80,461 Referee: Alex Kemp TV announcers (NBC): MikeTirico, Cris Collinsworth and Melissa Stark Recap, Game Book In New York's first...
Game attendance: 68,348 Referee: Bill Vinovich TV announcers (NBC): MikeTirico, Cris Collinsworth and Melissa Stark Recap, Game Book Week 5: Las Vegas...
would join Dan Patrick as a studio co-host for the game, filling in for MikeTirico as the latter prepared to anchor the 2018 Winter Olympics, set to open...
later added ABC News reporter Kaylee Hartung as its sideline reporter. MikeTirico—who had been NBC's secondary play-by-play announcer and Michaels' designated...
McCourty, Mike Florio, and Matthew Berry broadcast from the studio while Jac Collinsworth, Tony Dungy, and Rodney Harrison report from the game. Tirico, Collinsworth...
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by Mark Jackson and Jeff Van Gundy. Brown has later worked alongside MikeTirico (until 2016), Mark Jones and Dave Pasch (both currently) on ABC and ESPN...
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