Mike Tirico to miss Sunday Night Football over health issue
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NBC’s Mike Tirico will miss Sunday Night Football’s Bears-Buccaneers game on November 8 while he navigates a "health issue," Tirico, 59, wrote in a statement shared by NBC. Noah Eagle will handle play-by-play alongside Cris Collinsworth and Melissa Stark for tonight’s broadcast. NBC had scheduled the matchup as Tirico’s 300th NFL broadcast; he has been the lead SNF play-by-play announcer since 2022, when he replaced Al Michaels. NBC and Tirico provided no further details about the current health issue. Tirico said he looks forward to watching the game and expects to return next Sunday night in Cincinnati. The article also recalls that Tirico withdrew from covering the 151st Kentucky Derby in 2025 after a "significant" allergic reaction that required an EpiPen and on-site treatment, and that he later said he was feeling fine after that incident.
