Mike Tirico, American sportscaster
Michael Todd Tirico (; born December 13, 1966) is an American sportscaster working for NBC Sports since 2016. He is also known for his 10-year run as an NFL play-by-play announcer on ESPN's Monday Night Football from 2006 to 2015. 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 the summer of 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.Since joining NBC Sports, Tirico has become lead primetime host of the Olympics on NBC, lead play-by-play for Notre Dame Football on NBC, host of Triple Crown races on NBC, host of NBC's Football Night in America, host of NBC's coverage of the Indianapolis 500 and hosted NBC's coverage of the Stanley Cup.