Tag: Mike Tirico

Mike Tirico ended up calling Sunday Night Football just days after tearing his Achilles

Working through the pain.

While an Achilles tear is an automatic season-ending injury for any athlete, the same can’t be said for broadcasters. Mike Tirico can work through that pain.

During Week 12’s Sunday Night Football broadcast of Eagles-Rams, NBC’s Mike Tirico — with the encouragement of Cris Collinsworth — revealed to viewers that he had suffered a torn Achilles earlier in the week. But that didn’t stop him from making the trip to Los Angeles and calling the game from SoFi Stadium.

We even got a look at his setup to deal with the injury from within the booth. He was wearing a walking boot and had a stand to keep that leg elevated.

And while I’m not sure what Tirico could have been doing to tear his Achilles, that had to be painful.

It’s good to see that he was able to joke about the incident and show that, yes, broadcasters are tough too.

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Mike Tirico calls ‘Sunday Night Football’ after suffering torn Achilles

Mike Tirico called Eagles-Rams after tearing his Achilles earlier in the week

No such thing as IR for Mike Tirico.

The play-by-play announcer worked NBC’s “Sunday Night Football” game between the Philadelphia Eagles and Los Angeles Rams after tearing his Achilles on Monday.

They showed Tirico’s leg during the broadcast and partner in the booth Cris Collinsworth made a joke that Tirico could be a patient on new NBC show “St. Denis Medical.”

2024 Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony announcers: Who is part of NBC’s broadcast team?

NBC has assembled a very solid team for this year’s 2024 Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony.

The 2024 Paris Olympics are about to kick off with the Opening Ceremony in Paris, as the celebration flows down the Seine to coronate this year’s Games. The 2024 Olympic Opening Ceremony is set for Friday, July 26 at 1:30 p.m. ET and will be re-aired at 7:30 p.m. ET on NBC.

Official Olympics broadcaster NBC will be leading the coverage stateside once again, with a very solid broadcast team lined up to bring forth commentary from Paris for the Opening Ceremony.

According to the network, broadcaster Mike Tirico will host the broadcast of the Opening Ceremony alongside musician and talk show host Kelly Clarkson and former NFL quarterback Peyton Manning.

NBC Sports reporter Maria Taylor will join Team USA on its float down the Seine River, while the network adds Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb from the TODAY show will be stationed on a bridge along the river.

The Opening Ceremony broadcast will air on NBC and Peacock at 1:30 p.m. ET on Friday, July 26.

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Lions vs. Buccaneers broadcast team announced

Lions vs. Buccaneers broadcast team announced and it will have a local Detroit flavor

The Detroit Lions will host the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday in Ford Field in the NFC Divisional Round matchup. On Wednesday, the NFL revealed how fans who aren’t lucky enough to attend the game can watch it.

The Lions-Buccaneers game will be broadcast on NBC, beginning at 3 p.m. The network’s top broadcast team of Mike Tirico and Cris Collinsworth will call the game, with Melissa Stark as the sideline reporter.

Tirico is a local Michigander who spent time with the team over training camp, so he knows the Lions well.

The full broadcast crew schedule for the weekend is available via Touchdown Wire.

Yes, Mike Tirico is calling 2 NFL playoff games in 2 days on NBC and Peacock

Mike Tirico pulled double-duty in the NFL Wild Card round.

Your ears do not deceive you. That is indeed Mike Tirico on the mic for the Los Angeles Rams and Detroit Lions game on Sunday night, the fourth of the six Wild Card contests we’re seeing this weekend as the 2024 NFL playoffs kick off.

Why is that noteworthy when he’s with his usual partner in the booth in Cris Collinsworth? Here’s why: It was just a day ago on Saturday that Tirico was in Kansas City to call the freezing Chiefs game against the Dolphins, so he’s pulling double duty with two games in two days.

That’s awesome. Enjoy hearing him again on Sunday!

Cris Collinsworth hilariously explained why backup QBs in the NFL gain weight so easily

Cris Collinsworth just made a whole lot of backup quarterbacks upset

If there’s one thing we know about Cris Collinsworth, it’s that he doesn’t hold anything back when it comes to color commentary. He’ll say whatever he wants. And, seriously, I mean whatever.

Remember that time he went at his haters after people complained he had nothing to say about non-Patrick Mahomes players? Or how about his unrelenting praise of — wait for it — Tyson Bagent. Yeah, that was a weird one, wasn’t it?

The point is the man will say whatever is on his mind and won’t hold back on anything. That includes the weight of backup quarterbacks, too.

Collinsworth and Mike Tirico were talking about Chargers’ backup Easton Stick (yes, that’s a real name) during the Chargers-Bills showdown on Peacock. The two discussed how Stick hadn’t run plays all season long up until now and how backup quarterbacks don’t usually have much to do when a starter is in place.

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That’s when Collinsworth let one of his most fun facts fly out.

“When you’re the backup quarterback you can go months without even taking a single play in practice. The starting quarterback — in this case would be Justin Herbert — would get all the snaps. So give him a little time. Give him a little practice. Let’s see what happens now.

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That’s the reason a lot of backup quarterbacks are fat. They don’t do anything.” 

COLLINSOWRTH. MY GUY. WHAT? That took quite a turn.

Mike Tirico jokingly made sure to let people know that that was Collinsworth who said that. Good on him because those two definitely won’t hear the end of this one.

You’re wild for this, Collinsworth.

Why Mike Tirico and Cris Collinsworth aren’t calling Bengals – Steelers on NBC for Saturday Week 16

There’s a good reason for this.

Yep, you read that right, and if you’re here, you’re probably wondering: What’s the deal here? There’s a NFL game on NBC — the Cincinnati Bengals vs. the Pittsburgh Steelers — and the usual pairing on the network of Mike Tirico and Cris Collinsworth aren’t on the air.

What gives? There’s a simple answer.

Week 16 features two NFL games on Saturday, one of which is on NBC and the other — the Buffalo Bills and Los Angeles Chargers — is on Peacock exclusively. And it’s there that you’ll find Tirico and Collinsworth calling that game.

So Bengals – Steelers has a second team: Noah Eagle, Todd Blackledge and Kathryn Tappen.

There’s your answer!

NBC showed Damar Hamlin picking his teeth in the middle of a serious conversation about his injury

This was an unbelievably awkward time to show Damar Hamlin.

Sunday night was an emotional one for the Buffalo Bills.

It marked the first time that safety Damar Hamlin returned to the Cincinnati Bengals’ home field since his scary cardiac arrest last January. Hamlin didn’t play and has understandably featured in little action this year as he gradually works his way back in. But his on-field collapse remains one of the more harrowing moments in NFL history. As such, NBC’s Mike Tirico and Cris Collinsworth took some time to discuss the emotional gravitas of Hamlin’s injury and return to the NFL during the game. There was just one itsy-bitsy problem.

The network’s cameras probably couldn’t have a picked more awkward time to cut to Hamlin on Buffalo’s sideline as he picked his teeth. I’m almost stunned they showed Hamlin in this unflattering position at all:

I know the folks at NBC can’t predict what Hamlin or any player on the sideline will do at any given moment. But man, I don’t know. If we’re going to have a serious discussion about someone’s life-threatening injury from football on live national television, perhaps we should ensure we don’t show them from a compromised angle.

Mike Tirico hilariously welcomed Swifties to Sunday Night Football with an adorable intro

“Hi Swifties, we’ll be with you all night!”

When Taylor Swift visited Arrowhead Stadium last week to see Travis Kelce and the Kansas City Chiefs, NFL fans were caught off guard. On Sunday, however, the NFL world was ready and none more so than broadcaster Mike Tirico.

Swift once again showed up to watch the Chiefs — this time in New York visiting the New York Jets — amidst rumors that she and Kelce are dating. And, as expected, the entire football world couldn’t help but make references to Swift as all eyes were trained on the pop star.

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With Tirico at the helm for Sunday Night Football, the broadcaster had quite the adorable message for all the Swifties watching during his intro to the game proper.

How sweet! It’s awesome to see the NFL reach out and welcome Swifties with open arms to the great sport of football. Here’s now NFL fans — and Swifties! — reacted to Tirico’s hilarious intro on Sunday.

Lions fans are so mad at Mike Tirico for saying win over Chiefs had an ‘asterisk’

Fans are NOT happy.

The Detroit Lions beat the Kansas City Chiefs on Thursday, fair and square.

Yes, Chris Jones wasn’t on the field (but was watching at Arrowhead!). Yes, Travis Kelce was out with a knee injury.

But something NBC’s Mike Tirico said after the season-opener rubbed a lot of Lions fans the wrong way: “This has an asterisk, because of no Chris Jones and no Travis Kelce.”

I think what he was trying to say is, let’s see what the Chiefs look like when they’re fully rostered up. But an asterisk next to this one? Nope. Fans aren’t too happy about it: