Mike Tirico is pictured during a ceremony at a Syracuse basketball game in February 2024. Getty Images. Tirico has been a staple of NBC’s coverage of the Derby since 2017, while he also works as ...

DeMaurice Smith grew up with NFL media personality James Brown in Prince George’s County, Maryland. So it particularly ...

Mike Tirico was rushed out of NBC's Kentucky Derby coverage after his severe nut allergy was activated; Tirico had to use his EPIPen and was treated by EMTs but didn't recover from his episode ...

Mike has been married to his wife, Debbie, since 1991. Debbie is a Michigan native, and the two live in Ann Arbor, although Mike's job keeps him traveling all over the country and sometimes around ...

Sportscaster Mike Tirico hosts the Golden Goggle Awards at Faena Forum Miami Beach Dec. 7, 2021, in Miami Beach, Fla. (Michael Reaves/Getty Images) ...

Sports anchor Mike Tirico departed the Kentucky Derby early Saturday, May 3, due to a mystery illness that turned out to be a “significant” nut allergy. “Hate being a scratch after making ...

Mike Tirico (Credit: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images) NBC Sports play-by-play commentator Mike Tirico had to leave the network’s coverage of the 2025 Kentucky Derby because of an allergic reaction.

NBC Sports’ Mike Tirico stepped away from coverage of the Kentucky Derby on May 3 due to a nut allergy but says he’s doing well now. “I feel fine. I have my coffee, watching the (TODAY) show ...

Mike Tirico doesn’t know exactly what role Michael Jordan will play in the revival of the NBA on NBC. And honestly, it sounds like no one else does either.

NBC has provided an update on Mike Tirico after he abruptly left the network’s Kentucky Derby coverage due to illness. Replacement host Ahmed Fareed announced during Saturday’s telecast that ...