On Mon, Apr 25, 2016 at 1:53 PM, Joe Hass <[email protected]> wrote:
> Tirico will stay at The Mouse until his contract is up this summer. He'll > work the NBC/NFLN Thursday Night games, which opens up the MNF PxP spot > (which has had exactly four voices in the past 45 years: Keith Jackson, > Frank Gifford, Al Michaels, and Tirico). One name proposed for that gig: > Sean McDonough, who's been around forever (he was the voice of CBS's MLB > package, for heaven's sake!) > > > http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Daily/Closing-Bell/2016/04/25/Tirico.aspx > This can only possibly make sense if the TNF is a temporary placeholder for Tirico. Al Michaels may be even money to get to the end of his SNF contract, but I doubt he goes beyond that, and Tirico would then step into the premier NFL play by play gig. I guess he will have to miss Brazil, but this also sets him up as #2 Olympic face, and stand by #1. And somebody better call Dan Hicks, because Tirico will no doubt be handed golf if he wants it (and he probably does). In other words, Mike Tirico is not going to NBC to do Thursday Night Football games; he is going to be the face of NBC Sports. -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
