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Jul 17, 2017 · But this news here is mind-boggling. 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 ...
07/19/17 AT 11:45 AM EDT. NBC Sports announcer Mike Tirico, pictured Oct. 2, 2016 in Chaska, Minnesota, doesn't consider himself black. He's' Italian. Getty Images. Twitter users were generally ...
- 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 19, 2017 · 4:44 PM. (Photo: Cy Cyr/PGA TOUR/Getty Images) 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 ...
Jul 17, 2017 · Despite drawing attention as one of the most prominent black broadcasters in sports, Tirico has always dodged comments about race. In a 1991 story in the Syracuse Post-Standard, he said he wasn ...
Jul 18, 2017 · A remark Tirico made in the press 26 years ago undoubtedly left some scratching their heads and wondering how it is that the Queens, N.Y. native doesn't consider himself Black. During what would turn out to be Tirico's 1st of 25 years with ESPN, he was covered in a piece published by The Post-Standard (a Syracuse publication).
Jul 18, 2017 · 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 ...
