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Posted Wednesday 11/25/20 at 1:43PM EST
NBC won't have an NFL game Thanksgiving night after Ravens-Steelers was moved to Sunday over a coronavirus outbreak
Tomorrow's night game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Baltimore Ravens has been postponed due to an outbreak on the Ravens.
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Posted Thursday 9/03/20 at 8:29PM EDT
Mike Tirico will fill in for Al Michaels on a few Sunday Night Football games this season
Tirico, who is expected to take over the SNF booth when the 75-year-old Michaels retires, will do play-by-play on three...
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Why the Milwaukee Bucks' decision not to play an NBA playoff game will alter the course of history
"There are moments that transcend sports, actions that get seared into the public consciousness and alter the course of history,"...
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Posted Friday 10/12/18 at 1:39PM EDT
Mike Tirico launches a podcast with NBC Sports
The Mike Tirico Podcast premiered Thursday with Tirico interviewing Sunday Night Football sideline reporter Michele Tafoya on being in a...
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Posted Tuesday 3/27/18 at 7:23PM EDT
Dan Patrick is leaving NBC's Football Night in America and will likely be replaced by Mike Tirico
Patrick, who has hosted the Sunday Night Football pregame show since 2008, says he turned down a new five-year deal...
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Posted Thursday 3/08/18 at 1:41AM EST
Fox reportedly wants to borrow Mike Tirico from NBC in hopes of luring Peyton Manning to the NFL broadcast booth
The Winter Olympics host was calling Thursday Night Football games for NBC last season -- and Fox wants to keep...
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NBC deserves credit for its stellar Winter Olympics coverage
NBC's decision to let many events play out live in primetime resulted in fewer prepackaged stories and a much-improved game.
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NBC's official Winter Olympics policy is to mispronounce "PyeongChang"
NBC has been pronouncing the Winter Olympics host city as “Pyeong-Chayng," when it's supposed to be pronounced "Pyung-Chahng.
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Mike Tirico hasn't done anything memorable as the new Olympics host, and NBC "must be thrilled"
"Why does Mike Tirico exist?" asks Willa Paskin.
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Posted Wednesday 2/14/18 at 2:16AM EST
Bob Costas says he's fine watching the Winter Olympics at home: "I’m interested, but I’m not obsessed"
"I’m seeing a good portion of it," Costas says of being home watching the Olympics for the first time in...
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NBC's Winter Olympics coverage has become the "Apology Olympics"
NBC dumped analyst Joshua Cooper Ramo after he offended South Koreans by saying during the Opening Ceremony, "every Korean will...
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Posted Thursday 2/08/18 at 1:41PM EST
NBC hopes to avoid another Olympics Opening Ceremony backlash with livestreaming and fewer commercial breaks
Viewers can start livestreaming the Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony at 6 a.
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Posted Friday 1/19/18 at 4:41PM EST
New NBC Olympics host Mike Tirico will try to avoid making political references like Bob Costas did
“I’m much more a believer of ‘Here are the facts, you decide,’” Tirico tells the Sports Business Journal of hosting...
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NBC brings Katie Couric back to co-host the Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony, which will be live-streamed for the first time
Couric will join Mike Tirico in co-hosting the tape-delayed Opening Ceremony from PyeongChang, South Korea on Friday, Feb.
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Posted Wednesday 1/03/18 at 6:00PM EST
NBC's Winter Olympics set will feature a 3,500 square-foot geodesic dome
Featuring a 40-foot by 16-foot LED wall, the set was designed to appear carved out of the PyeongChang mountainside and...