Mike Tirico

But I think the ones who succeeded, like Rich Eisen, Craig Kilbourn, Stuart Scott, guys who came on after the main group I talked about, they found their own schtick, right? Yeah, yeah.

But I think the ones who succeeded, like Rich Eisen, Craig Kilbourn, Stuart Scott, guys who came on after the main group I talked about, they found their own schtick, right? Yeah, yeah.

And there was room for somebody like me, who's a serious, call the sports, you know, have a little fun with it, but it's not about me cracking one-liners, all the way to the guys who, you know, truly came out of comedy, like Rich Eisen and Kilbourn, the Rich was a stand-up comedian before he came to SportsCenter.

And there was room for somebody like me, who's a serious, call the sports, you know, have a little fun with it, but it's not about me cracking one-liners, all the way to the guys who, you know, truly came out of comedy, like Rich Eisen and Kilbourn, the Rich was a stand-up comedian before he came to SportsCenter.

And there was room for somebody like me, who's a serious, call the sports, you know, have a little fun with it, but it's not about me cracking one-liners, all the way to the guys who, you know, truly came out of comedy, like Rich Eisen and Kilbourn, the Rich was a stand-up comedian before he came to SportsCenter.

that's exactly so here's here's a stupid story so we so Syracuse is uh big for sportscasters and a lot of kids who want to be sportscasters go there and 30 some years later it's almost 40 years later now god um it's still the case so we had just a bunch of nerds and that was our fraternity we were all want to be sportscasters and a bunch of us turned out to be so we would keep a legal pad by our tv and write down every Chris Berman nickname when it

that's exactly so here's here's a stupid story so we so Syracuse is uh big for sportscasters and a lot of kids who want to be sportscasters go there and 30 some years later it's almost 40 years later now god um it's still the case so we had just a bunch of nerds and that was our fraternity we were all want to be sportscasters and a bunch of us turned out to be so we would keep a legal pad by our tv and write down every Chris Berman nickname when it

that's exactly so here's here's a stupid story so we so Syracuse is uh big for sportscasters and a lot of kids who want to be sportscasters go there and 30 some years later it's almost 40 years later now god um it's still the case so we had just a bunch of nerds and that was our fraternity we were all want to be sportscasters and a bunch of us turned out to be so we would keep a legal pad by our tv and write down every Chris Berman nickname when it

There was like a community list and we sent it to ESPN. We were pissed because ESPN never sent a thank you note back, whatever. You know, months later, ESPN put out a list of all the Chris Berman nicknames. So we take credit for that, at least in our own hearts.

There was like a community list and we sent it to ESPN. We were pissed because ESPN never sent a thank you note back, whatever. You know, months later, ESPN put out a list of all the Chris Berman nicknames. So we take credit for that, at least in our own hearts.

There was like a community list and we sent it to ESPN. We were pissed because ESPN never sent a thank you note back, whatever. You know, months later, ESPN put out a list of all the Chris Berman nicknames. So we take credit for that, at least in our own hearts.

You know what? One... Well, it's a couple of things. Fortunately, you're at games almost all the time. Yeah. And it's 50, 60,000 people. So you guys have performed in front of audiences. There are nights everybody doesn't have it. Something's going on. Family, you're sick. You've traveled for 15 weeks. Nobody cares, right?

You know what? One... Well, it's a couple of things. Fortunately, you're at games almost all the time. Yeah. And it's 50, 60,000 people. So you guys have performed in front of audiences. There are nights everybody doesn't have it. Something's going on. Family, you're sick. You've traveled for 15 weeks. Nobody cares, right?

You know what? One... Well, it's a couple of things. Fortunately, you're at games almost all the time. Yeah. And it's 50, 60,000 people. So you guys have performed in front of audiences. There are nights everybody doesn't have it. Something's going on. Family, you're sick. You've traveled for 15 weeks. Nobody cares, right?

You're always trying to make sure that you reach a standard that you've established over the year.

You're always trying to make sure that you reach a standard that you've established over the year.

You're always trying to make sure that you reach a standard that you've established over the year.

A little bit of that, but also the crowd.

A little bit of that, but also the crowd.

A little bit of that, but also the crowd.