Eagles fans will hear a familiar voice when they tune in to watch the Birds’ playoff game Sunday. Mike Tirico, in his third year as the voice of Sunday Night Football, will be in the booth at the Linc to call the Eagles’ divisional round matchup against the Los Angeles Rams Sunday on NBC.
Philadelphia Eagles running back Saquon Barkley called game in Sunday’s divisional round win over the Los Angeles Rams. But before he did, NBC announcers Mike Tirico and Cris Collinsworth did some pretty on-the-nose game-calling themselves.
Mike Tirico has been named the lead play-by-play broadcaster for NBC's coverage of the NBA starting with the 2025-2026 season.
Let’s go, Orange! S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications graduate Mike Tirico, who called NBA games for ESPN from 2002-16, is returning to NBA coverage as NBC Sports’ lead play-by-play voice, when NBC and Peacock’s coverage of pro hoops tips off this October.
Tirico, who joined NBC in 2016, also leads coverage of the network’s NFL, Olympics, and golf programming. He previously worked at ESPN, where NBA play-by-play was one of his responsibilities. NBC will have multiple games per week after the football season ends, so it will have multiple broadcast teams.
Mike Tirico will be on play-by-play. He’ll be joined by Cris Collinsworth, who will be the analyst. Melissa Stark will be reporting from the sidelines. That’s it! Enjoy the game!
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Tirico, one of the most prominent sports broadcasters trained at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University and a member of the university’s Board of Trustees, will be NBC Sports’ lead play-by-play voice when its coverage of the league begins with the 2025-26 season in October.
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Tirico will call select games on NBC and Peacock the first half of the season, including the season opener in October.