Mike Tirico to get practice reps for NBA on NBC by calling local broadcasts
Tirico is getting ready for his new role as one of the voices of the NBA on NBC by calling two NBA games this week.
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NBC names Mike Tirico lead play-by-play announcer for NBA
Mike Tirico will add lead NBA voice to his NBC Sports portfolio along with hosting the Olympics and calling Sunday Night Football.
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"Didn't even mention the doink."
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Mike Tirico blasts lax enforcement of delay of game: ‘I can’t stand that rule’
"When it says 00, it should be a delay of game."
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"I do think there are teams that they want to get in front of a national audience before they get to the playoffs."
Mike Tirico advocates for NFL schedule flexibility, calling for Premier League-inspired approach
"This could just be a way to make it a tweak better."
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"Just thinking about you and praying for you."
Sean McDonough couldn’t believe text from Verne Lundquist following Clemson-SMU thriller
"The gist of it was, 'I hope you're basking in the glow of all the praise being lavished on you, and you should be because it's richly deserved.'"
Cris Collinsworth on Chiefs’ Jawaan Taylor’s pre-snap movements: ‘Good for him if he can get away with it’
"It gives him an extra step."
NBC highlighted hazardous snowy conditions in Bills-49ers SNF game
"I have never been in a game that looked this slippery."
Jason Garrett revealed how long he kept turkey leg John Madden gave him in 1994
"I probably had it for 15 years. Then we finally moved."
Mike Tirico has torn Achilles, casually mentions it during ‘Sunday Night Football’
"Hi. Tore my Achilles, I'm OK."
Ryan Fitzpatrick nervously watched SNF hoping his six-interception game wasn’t brought up on NBC broadcast
"Please don’t throw another one Jared."
Texans uniforms made it hard for Mike Tirico to ID players
"We've been trying to guess at some of the numbers and look at body types here."
Mike Tirico and Cris Collinsworth crack up as ‘only the Jets’ sequence becomes TD
"That may turn the season of the New York Jets. Ah, only the Jets."
Cris Collinsworth enflames Dak Prescott-CeeDee Lamb feud: ‘Doesn’t look good’
"I’ll let you read your own lips."
Jon Gruden decided to leave ‘Monday Night Football’ when Mike Tirico left
"I probably made the decision to try to get back into coaching when Mike moved on."
Mike Tirico: Taylor Swift coverage ‘should never take away from football’
"Great to have fans who otherwise wouldn’t be sampling the NFL watching …"
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NBC rules analyst Terry McAulay calls out referee’s timeout mistake: ‘He can’t do that’
"Nobody else can call timeout on the sidelines except the head coach."
Mike Tirico dunks on college football’s ‘two-minute timeout’
"I've been waiting all weekend to do that...You've been warned."