Mike Tirico Misses NFL Broadcast, Delays 300th Game

NBC’s lead Sunday Night Football announcer Mike Tirico said a health issue would keep him from calling the Week 9 Buccaneers-Bears game in Chicago. Noah Eagle replaced him alongside Cris Collinsworth and Melissa Stark. Tirico said he expected to return for the following Sunday’s Steelers-Bengals broadcast in Cincinnati; his absence postponed his 300th NFL game as a national play-by-play announcer. He was also scheduled to miss Tuesday’s Celtics-Sixers broadcast, with Eagle filling in.