Tag: Mike Tirico
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It’s Not A Foreign Language. It’s Just Sports Talk, Featuring Other Voices That Agree With […]
They’re on-air! NBC has Detroit-KC opener; All 32 teams play this weekend; CBS has the Super Bowl
This Thursday Night football-cast would generally go to Amazon. Yet the opener tonight goes to NBC […]
These are the final NFL regular season voices for 2023-24 teams; Amazon, CBS, ESPN. Fox and NBC,
CBS SPORTS – NFL Jim Nantz, Tony Romo Ian Eagle, Charles Davis Kevin Harlan, Trent […]
The World will watch the 2024 Olympics in Paris; NBC will have to preside over the affair delicately!
Way before the first pitch of baseball’s 2023 all-star game was thrown, the 2024 […]
Vin Scully named 2022 Sportscaster of the Year; He died in August at 94; Other notables also identified
SPORTSCASTER OF YEAR – 2022 Vin Scully is inarguably sports’ best ever voice. He had […]
Halby’s Morsels: Voices don’t have deep enough pockets to stuff their cash; ESPN was a better fit for Tirico
Mike Tirico hasn’t been a great match for NBC. Yet he’s a fine play-by-player and […]
NBC China assignments begins this week; 84 voices will work out of Connecticut; Tirico starts in Beijing
The Winter Olympics begin this week and Mike Tirico heads up the Olympic on-air talent. […]
Hard to argue that the best NFL TV trios worked Sunday; Tirico too hyped late in Saturday’s Cincy win
From column contributor Don Haley and comments by publisher David Halberstam. My notes follow. Five […]
Tirico pumped for Cincy’s first playoff win in 31 years; Eagle and Davis got a bad hand in Buffalo’s blowout
They’re off! Game one was riveting. Cincinnati finally won a playoff game, its first […]
College Football Week #8: NBC has USC-Notre Dame in primetime; 4 top 10 teams play at 12N E.T.
MikeTirico Little can discount the great rivalry of USC and Notre Dame, including a Trojans’ […]
CBS smartly extends Burleson; Good vs. weak MLB voices; Remote nightmare; Salary dichotomies
Nate Burleson has earned his stripes in an economy of time. The Canadian born […]
Opening up: Assessing TV World Series coverage, from the eyes of one who’s watched some six decades
By David J. Halberstam 11/09/2022 1
Don Haley is a pen name, living the life of a sports media critic. […]