NBC’s Mike Tirico set to make sports broadcasting history

With the Super Bowl and Winter Olympics going on, February is sure to be a busy month for sports fans.

But no one will be busier than NBC Sports broadcaster Mike Tirico.

With his network holding the broadcast rights to arguably the two biggest events on the sports calendar, Tirico will have major roles in both culminate on a single day: Sunday, Feb. 8.

In his first Super Bowl play-by-play assignment, Tirico will call Super Bowl LX from Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif. Once the game is over and the Lombardi Trophy has been presented to the winning team, Tirico will shift into Olympic mode and host NBC’s ‘Primetime in Milan’ from the field.

Tirico pulled a similar ‘hosting double’ during the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. He traveled to China to host NBC’s Olympic prime time show for eight days, then flew 6,200 miles to Los Angeles to resume his Olympic hosting role the following night from a special set outside SoFi Stadium, site of Super Bowl 56. (Though Al Michaels handled play-by-play duties for that game.)

This time around, Tirico’s workload has expanded even further. He’s also the network’s lead NBA play-by-play announcer after NBC regained broadcast rights to league games for the 2025-26 season.

Since moving to NBC from ESPN in 2016, Tirico has also covered tentpole events such as the Kentucky Derby, major golf tournaments like the U.S. Open and the Indianapolis 500.