Tag: Mike Tirico

"So glad Michael did it. Lucky to have the time around him. And if he ever does it again, I hope I'm the guy on the other side of the couch."

"It is indeed an eclectic group of broadcast teams for the NFL in 2026, but across the board, there is a shared characteristic. All of the networks have play-by-play announcers who never put themselves above the game."

"This was Michael Jordan. The face of the NBA’s greatest era. The man who helped make the original NBA on NBC a cultural phenomenon. The opportunity to put him back in that environment should have been impossible to screw up. And somehow, NBC did."

"His interview with Mike Tirico ran in segments throughout the entire calendar year. Jordan did not appear live on any NBC Sports' NBA programming last season."

"At some point, I'd love to get a couple innings in during my career."

"There are weeks it gets thin, there are weeks towards the end it gets thin. I think to avoid it getting thin, what I would suggest is that the league does what the Premier League does."

"Oh, wait a minute. That interview’s been in the can since November."

"The industry spends so much time chasing what’s next — new platforms, new angles, new metrics — that it sometimes forgets what worked. A well-timed throwback isn’t regression. It’s perspective."

"It's like the Beatles writing a perfect song. Off the cuff. No question. That is extemporaneous."

"Mike was able to finish telling this remarkable story in a way I truly believe only he could, elevating this craft to its pinnacle."