Mike Tirico
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Mike Tirico is the lead broadcaster for ESPN's presentation of Monday Night Football. In addition to his Monday Night Football duties, Tirico hosts a multitude of programming on ESPN/ABC. He has been host of ABC's golf coverage since 1996, and from 2002 to 2006, he was studio host for ABC's NBA telecasts. Starting in 2007, Tirico will call the NBA Finals for ESPN Radio.[1] Also, Tirico was formerly a play-by-play announcer for college football on both networks.
Mike Tirico traces his educational background back to his teenage days at Bayside High School in Queens, New York. At Bayside, Tirico was an active member of the golf team. He currently resides in the college town of Ann Arbor, Michigan, and is a frequent spectator of the Michigan State Spartans and Michigan Wolverines sports teams.
Tirico joined ESPN in 1991 as a SportsCenter anchor, after 4 years as Sports Director at CBS affiliate WTVH-TV in Syracuse, New York. Tirico is noted for his versatile nature and the variety of assignments he has handled as part of the ESPN team. In addition to anchoring SportsCenter, Tirico has handled the play-by-play for ESPN's Thursday night college football package (1997 to 2005), college basketball coverage (1997 to current), NBA coverage (2002 to present), and PGA golf coverage for ABC (1996 to 2006). Tirico has also hosted studio coverage of various ESPN and ABC covered events, including a stint on ESPN's Monday Night Countdown from 1993-2001 and ABC's NBA studio shows.
Tirico is known for his often smooth delivery, but excitable nature. He has been paired in the college football booth with Tim Brant, Terry Bowden, Mike Gottfried, Kirk Herbstreit, Lee Corso, and David Norrie. His cohorts in NBA coverage have included Tom Tolbert and Greg Anthony, and he has worked with Curtis Strange, Judy Rankin, Nick Faldo, and Paul Azinger in PGA coverage.
On March 22 and March 23, 2007, he appeared as a guest host, filling in for Michael Wilbon, along side Tony Kornheiser on ESPN's Pardon the Interruption.
[edit] Harassment Allegations
In 1992, Tirico was suspended from ESPN for sexual harassment.[2][3]
| Preceded by Al Michaels |
Monday Night Football play-by-play man 2006-Present |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/3953637.html
- ^ http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/detail?blogid=18&entry_id=7462
- ^ http://www.deadspin.com/sports/espn/so-whats-next-for-reynolds-and-espn-190069.php
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