Sources: Mike Tirico leaving ESPN for NBC

Submitted by amir_6 on April 25th, 2016 at 4:42 PM

http://m.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Daily/Closing-Bell/2016/04/25/Tirico.a…?

April 26th, 2016 at 10:02 AM ^

Completely agree. I remember thinking Spiels was going to come flying through the TV and tackle somebody. Galloway is smug and snarky and his voice is ..off-putting for someone in media/TV. And he's a tool.

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Eskimoan

April 26th, 2016 at 5:43 PM ^

is the worst on television, so very bad

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Mr. Yost

April 25th, 2016 at 6:44 PM ^

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

One of the very best in basketball AND football. NBC doesn't have enough content and he's been awesome.

This sucks if true.

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Avon Barksdale

April 25th, 2016 at 6:55 PM ^

This can't be true. He is one of the best in the business.

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Maize in Cincy

April 25th, 2016 at 6:57 PM ^

Dakich was awful when he first started calling games. I give Tirico a lot of credit in developing him into a solid announcer.

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JBE

April 25th, 2016 at 7:36 PM ^

Dakich is still well, well below solid. He's the worst basketball announcer out there. I'd rather listen to Dickie V, which is torture.

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Cromulent

April 26th, 2016 at 12:30 AM ^

If you think Dickie V is torture announcing college hoops you should see him coaching in the NBA.

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Yooper

April 25th, 2016 at 7:04 PM ^

What is the connection?

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UMClassOf2018

April 25th, 2016 at 7:08 PM ^

He just said it was a nice place to live and have a family

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ghostofhoke

April 25th, 2016 at 7:34 PM ^

Plus he has a private plane so he can basically live wherever he wants to

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ElBictors

April 26th, 2016 at 9:50 AM ^

He had some funny stories about people asking him about the coaching search during Harbaugh ...at the gas station, grocery store, wherever. He said something like, "hey I went to Syracuse - I'm not a Michigan insider" but said he would be asked multiple times per day

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JBE

April 25th, 2016 at 7:40 PM ^

It's always been a nice place for Italians to live.

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Rumsey

April 25th, 2016 at 7:42 PM ^

My guess is he left soley to get away from Dan Dakich.

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NittanyFan

April 25th, 2016 at 7:49 PM ^

Clay Travis is tweeting that one. Take it for what it is worth.

Nessler has done one of the college football Semifinals, and has the ESPN Saturday Night Prime Time slot. Beyond MNF, that would be another big gap opening up there on the ESPN roster.

Verne Lundquist is 75 years old --- Nessler is 59. It's possible that Nessler would be moving to the SEC on CBS Saturday afternoon games. Nessler was partners with Gary Danielson on ABC games back in the late 1990s (before Danielson sold his soul to become an SEC shill).

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WMU81

April 25th, 2016 at 9:12 PM ^

CooI Story Bro

I meet him in Detroit during All Star weekend and told him he had a great voice... Looking back it might have weirded him out!!

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socrking

April 26th, 2016 at 10:47 AM ^

Bummer. I liked it when he called m games

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Cdat33

April 26th, 2016 at 11:59 AM ^

I am glad that he's moving on. I can stand to watch some NBA games that he would call again. His sound is fine, it's how fake he sounds. Just my opinion.

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