Behind The Mic: Inside the NBA Team To Continue Staying Together; Mike Tirico Hits Play-By-Play Milestone
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Behind the Mic provides a roundup of recent news regarding on-air talent, including new deals, departures, and assignments compiled from press releases and reports around the industry. In this week’s edition,TNT’s Iconic Inside the NBA Studio Show Team to Stay Together for Many Years to Come, Mike Tirico Hits Milestone As Play-By-Play Voice Of 200 NFL Regular-season Games and more.
TNT’s Iconic Inside the NBA Studio Show Team to Stay Together for Many Years to Come
Warner Bros. Discovery Sports has now reached agreements with all four members of TNT’s iconic Inside the NBA studio show – Ernie Johnson, Charles Barkley, Kenny Smith and Shaquille O’Neal – to ensure the team will remain together for many years to come. Inside the NBA, known for its incomparable blend of sports and entertainment commentary, delivered in its signature style, has earned 17 Sports Emmy Awards throughout its illustrious run.
Mike Tirico Hits Milestone As Play-by-play Voice Of 200 NFL Regular-season Games
Last weekend in Philadelphia, Mike Tirico served as the television play-by-play voice for his 200th NFL regular season game as the Eagles hosted the Dallas Cowboys on NBC’s Sunday Night Football.
Tirico, who has also called four NFL playoff games and three Pro Bowls, joins Cris Collinsworth in the booth this Sunday as the Pittsburgh Steelers visit the Miami Dolphins on NBC and Peacock (8:20 p.m. ET).
Sunday marks his 21st Steelers game, the second-most frequent team (Saints, 23) Tirico has covered in his 17 consecutive seasons calling NFL games (2006-15 with ESPN, 2016-present with NBC). In addition, this week’s game will be Tirico’s seventh NFL play-by-play assignment in Hard Rock Stadium and his 13th time covering the Dolphins.
Stephen Vogt Joins MLB Network as Guest Analyst
MLB Network today announced that newly retired two-time MLB All-Star Stephen Vogt will join as an on-air guest analyst this week for its League Championship Series studio coverage, beginning tonight, October 19. Vogt will appear on MLB Central presented by Best Western and the Emmy Award-winning MLB Tonight presented by Evan Williams Bourbon as follows:
- Wednesday, October 19: MLB Tonight with Greg Amsinger, Hunter Pence and Harold Reynolds following Game 1 of the ALCS presented by loanDepot featuring the New York Yankees vs. Houston Astros which starts at 7:37 p.m. ET;
- Thursday, October 20: MLB Tonight alongside Matt Vasgersian, Hunter Pence and Dan Plesac at 6:00 p.m. ET;
- Friday, October 21: MLB Central with Mark DeRosa, Robert Flores, Lauren Shehadi and Bo Porter at 9:00 a.m. ET.
Vogt previously served as an MLB Network guest analyst during the 2019 Postseason. The new retiree, who hit a storybook home run in his final Major League at-bat this past September, played for Padres manager Bob Melvin for five seasons as a member of the Oakland Athletics from 2013 to 2017. Miami Marlins All-Star Jazz Chisholm Jr. recently joined MLB Network as a guest analyst for its Division Series studio coverage last week.
