Breaking In with Kevin Fishbain: A Sports Media Podcast
Kevin Fishbain, senior writer at The Athletic, interviews sports media personalities about their origin stories. Each week, reporters, columnists, play-by-play announcers, sports radio hosts, television anchors, producers and more will tell Kevin about their first jobs in the industry, and how they broke in.
Breaking In with Kevin Fishbain: A Sports Media Podcast
Mike Tirico, host and play-by-play, NBC Sports
In episode 22, Kevin kicks off the NFL season with the voice of Sunday Night Football, Mike Tirico, who will call Cowboys-Eagles on Thursday night to begin the season, and then Ravens-Bills on Sunday night. With the NBA returning to NBC, Tirico will be on the call this October, then the Super Bowl in February followed by the Winter Olympics in Italy. Tirico, who was inducted into the National Sports Media Association's Hall of Fame this summer, is calling some of the biggest events in sports over the next six months, and you'll get to hear how he got his start, from writing in high school to broadcasting at Syracuse to getting his own Sunday night sports talk show to getting a job at ESPN. Hear how Mike Tirico broke in.