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Posted Thursday 5/12/22 at 1:37PM EDT
Maria Taylor is the new host of NBC's Football Night in America
Taylor succeeds Mike Tirico as host of NBC's Sunday Night Football pregame show as Tirico heads to the booth.
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Posted Tuesday 3/22/22 at 6:25PM EDT
Mike Tirico officially becomes NBC's Sunday Night Football play-by-play announcer, succeeding Al Michaels
Tirico left ESPN for NBC in 2016 with NBC intending for him to eventually succeed Michaels.
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Posted Tuesday 2/15/22 at 12:43PM EST
Why has NBC's Winter Olympics coverage been silent on China human-rights abuses and the host nation's other controversies?
Mike Tirico touched upon the controversies involving China, saying "everyone and everything attached to these games is facing questions" during...
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Why is the NFL so protective of the use of the term "Super Bowl"?
To avoid shelling out money to the NFL, advertisers and other groups that could face legal consequences refer to the...
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Posted Monday 2/07/22 at 1:10PM EST
Mike Tirico will host his final Winter Olympics primetime show from Beijing tonight, returning to the U.S. earlier than planned
Tirico was originally scheduled to host the Winter Olympics' primetime coverage through Thursday night, then fly to the Super Bowl...
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Posted Friday 2/04/22 at 4:10PM EST
Mike Tirico kicked off NBC's Beijing Winter Olympics coverage by citing China’s genocide against the Uyghurs
“Everything and everyone attached to these Games is facing questions,” Tirico said before the live coverage of the Opening Ceremonies.
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Posted Thursday 1/13/22 at 7:32PM EST
Mike Tirico to host NBC's Winter Olympics primetime show from Beijing and Los Angeles
Tirico will host most of the first week of the Beijing Olympics on-location in Beijing, China.
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Posted Wednesday 10/13/21 at 2:56AM EDT
ESPN doesn't seem to care that Jon Gruden's bigoted emails were sent when he was the network's highest-paid on-air talent
"Gruden was the color guy for Monday Night Football when he sent all of those emails," says Drew Magary.
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Posted Tuesday 10/12/21 at 2:58AM EDT
Jon Gruden resigns as Las Vegas Raiders head coach over racist, homophobic and misogynistic emails he sent while working at ESPN
The Super Bowl-winning Gruden was a Monday Night Football analyst in 2011 when he sent an email that, as The...
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NBC's Olympics coverage looks like a turning point for streaming of mainstream sports
Paying for mainstream sporting events on streaming is likely to become the norm in wake of NBC putting live coverage...
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Maria Taylor makes her NBC Olympics coverage debut days after signing off from ESPN
Three days after working on ESPN's NBA Finals coverage and two days after announcing her departure from ESPN after seven...
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Tokyo Olympics Opening Ceremony reflected the "Sadlympics" and "the Ill-lympics"
"The Games of the XXXII Olympiad formally began by evoking a sense of isolation, specifically the isolation felt by athletes...
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Posted Monday 7/19/21 at 9:09PM EDT
NBC will kick off the Olympics with Savannah Guthrie and Mike Tirico co-hosting the Opening Ceremony live on Friday morning
NBC is sending the Today show and NBC Nightly News to Tokyo for its Olympic coverage.
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Posted Tuesday 4/13/21 at 4:20PM EDT
NBC's Summer Olympics primetime show will use an outdoor studio for the first time in the network's history
The network has constructed an outdoor deck with panoramic views of Tokyo and the landmark Rainbow Bridge for its anchors,...
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Posted Thursday 3/18/21 at 2:07AM EDT
NBC Sports may have a Leno-Conan situation with Al Michaels and Mike Tirico
The 2021 NFL season is the last season on the 76-year-old Michaels' contract, culminating in next year's Super Bowl in...