Key Highlights
- You don’t even think about dreaming of doing something like this because it’s stupid to think that this is reality.
- But I’m so excited for it and very blessed to be a part of it,” Tirico said. Tirico’s unique February began Sunday, when he called a Los Angeles Lakers-New York Knicks game at Madison Square Garden to launch NBC’s “Sunday Night Basketball” package.
- The NBA returned to NBC this season for the first time since 2022. It is the third time NBC has had the Winter Games and the Super Bowl in the same year, but only the second time both have overlapped on the same Sunday. When the Patriots faced the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl 52, the opening ceremony for the PyeongChang Games was five days away.
- Tirico did a remote hit from South Korea during the Super Bowl pregame show. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementTirico was the Super Bowl pregame host in 2022 when the game was in Los Angeles.
- After the presentation of the Vince Lombardi Trophy to the Rams, he did the Olympic primetime show from a set outside the stadium."For him to have this moment in time where he’s going to do the Super Bowl, he’s going to be the lead voice in the Olympics, he’s going to be the lead voice in the NBA — I can barely keep these two teams straight in my mind.