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Jul 17, 2017 · Longtime ESPN broadcaster-turned-NBC Sports announcer Mike Tirico doesn’t believe himself to be black. To hear him tell it, he’s just an Italian kid who grew up in Queens, N.Y., who people keep...
Twitter users were generally confounded when NBC Sports announcer Mike Tirico essentially said he wasn’t black Saturday. Instead, Tirico considers himself an Italian guy who grew up in...
- Mike Tirico Has Had A Successful Broadcasting Career
- Addressing His Race in A 1991 Interview
- What Has Mike Tirico Said About His Race More recently?
In the world of sports broadcasting, the sound of Mike Tirico’s voice might not send viewers running to their televisions. With that being said, though, the NBC sportscaster has still had quite the career. Tirico cut his teeth in New York state, attending Syracuse University and working as the sports director at a local CBS affiliate. In 1991, he m...
As someone who’s been a member of the media for more than 30 years, Mike Tirico has done his share of interviews. One of them, however, continues to resurface decades later. In a 1991 story from Syracuse’s The Post-Standard, the discussion drifted toward race. That’s where Tirico’s headline-grabbing position surfaced. “Local African-American groups...
While Mike Tirico’s made those comments almost three decades ago, they still surface from time to time on social media. Based on that reality, it’s not surprising that he prefers to avoid discussing his race these days. In 2017, for example, Tirico was the subject of aNew York Timesstory. There, race—and a reference to the 1991 interview—came up as...
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Jul 17, 2017 · NBC Sports anchor Mike Tirico caused a bit of a social-media stir this weekend with his comments in a New York Times profile about racial identity.
Jul 19, 2017 · Mike Tirico has been the talk of Twitter for a few days now after telling the New York Times over the weekend that he's Italian and not Black. When asked about his African-American lineage, the...
Jul 18, 2017 · During an interview with the New York Times, sportcaster Mike Tirico seemed to suggest that he didn’t want to be considered Black. When asked about his racial identity, especially because...
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