Mike Tirico

There's something, Will, there's something about sports. Like... Most of us never meet the athletes who we wear their jerseys. You know, the old hockey line, you know, you go to a hockey game, especially where I live in Michigan, and you got a bunch of people walking around with other guys' last names on their back, right? Right, right.

But it's the one place, not only is it acceptable, it's encouraged. And it shows that you're a real fan, right?

But it's the one place, not only is it acceptable, it's encouraged. And it shows that you're a real fan, right?

But it's the one place, not only is it acceptable, it's encouraged. And it shows that you're a real fan, right?

I think so, too. My stump speech about sports and the value of sports is let's go to New Orleans for a Saints game. And let me take one section of the Superdome and I'm going to get black and white. I'm going to get male and female. I'm going to get straight and gay. I'm going to get different religions. I'm going to get everybody in that section.

I think so, too. My stump speech about sports and the value of sports is let's go to New Orleans for a Saints game. And let me take one section of the Superdome and I'm going to get black and white. I'm going to get male and female. I'm going to get straight and gay. I'm going to get different religions. I'm going to get everybody in that section.

I think so, too. My stump speech about sports and the value of sports is let's go to New Orleans for a Saints game. And let me take one section of the Superdome and I'm going to get black and white. I'm going to get male and female. I'm going to get straight and gay. I'm going to get different religions. I'm going to get everybody in that section.

And they're all wearing some black and gold for the Saints. And that doesn't happen at the opera. It doesn't happen at the movies. That's why I still think sports has this place, whereas everything's become so fractured. People still love their sports like nothing else.

And they're all wearing some black and gold for the Saints. And that doesn't happen at the opera. It doesn't happen at the movies. That's why I still think sports has this place, whereas everything's become so fractured. People still love their sports like nothing else.

And they're all wearing some black and gold for the Saints. And that doesn't happen at the opera. It doesn't happen at the movies. That's why I still think sports has this place, whereas everything's become so fractured. People still love their sports like nothing else.

I'm an HGTV guy, Sean, if you want to know the truth.

I'm an HGTV guy, Sean, if you want to know the truth.

I'm an HGTV guy, Sean, if you want to know the truth.

Wait, Mike, where are you from? I'm from Queens, from New York. Grew up as a New Yorker. You know, lived in the Northeast most of my life.

Wait, Mike, where are you from? I'm from Queens, from New York. Grew up as a New Yorker. You know, lived in the Northeast most of my life.

Wait, Mike, where are you from? I'm from Queens, from New York. Grew up as a New Yorker. You know, lived in the Northeast most of my life.

I wasn't. I'm Mets and a Jets fan. Yeah. Yeah, of course.

I wasn't. I'm Mets and a Jets fan. Yeah. Yeah, of course.

I wasn't. I'm Mets and a Jets fan. Yeah. Yeah, of course.

Well, the Mets thing was I just wanted to see them win the World Series once in my life. And they did. And I kind of outgrew it. It's like an allergy. You know, they say, hopefully, I outgrew it. So I've saved myself generations of pain after that. And then the rest of it, really, you do become agnostic. People say, well, how can you watch a game and not root?