Tirico, who joined NBC in 2016, also leads coverage of the network’s NFL, Olympics, and golf programming. He previously worked at ESPN, where NBA play-by-play was one of his responsibilities. NBC will have multiple games per week after the football season ends, so it will have multiple broadcast teams.

NBC announced on Wednesday that Mike Tirico will work as the lead play-by-play announcer for the network's NBA coverage, which begins next season.

NBC's Mike Tirico will be back calling the Eagles Sunday, when they take on the Los Angeles Rams at the Linc in the divisional round of the NFC playoffs.

The defending champions start up a back-to-back in Los Angeles on Wednesday, Jan. 22 when the Boston Celtics visit the LA Clippers at the Intuit Dome in Inglewood, Calif.

There is NBA action on Wednesday, Jan. 22 with a rematch of last season’s Western Conference Finals with the Dallas Mavericks hosting the Minnesota Timberwolves at American Airlines Center in Dallas.

Let’s go, Orange! S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications graduate Mike Tirico, who called NBA games for ESPN from 2002-16, is returning to NBA coverage as NBC Sports' lead play-by-play voice, when NBC and Peacock’s coverage of pro hoops tips off this October.

After nearly a decade away from the court, Mike Tirico will return to calling NBA games this year. NBC Sports says that Tirico will be its lead NBA play-by-play announcer, beginning with this

Tirico, one of the most prominent sports broadcasters trained at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University and a member of the university’s Board of Trustees, will be NBC Sports’ lead play-by-play voice when its coverage of the league begins with the 2025-26 season in October.