Who Are Mike Tirico’s Parents Maria Tirico And Donald Tirico?

Michael Todd Tirico is an American sportscaster working for NBC Sports since 2016.

Mike Tirico has called a multitude of sports in his career, including the NBA, NHL, college football and basketball, golf, tennis, and World Cup soccer.

Mike Tirico is also known for his 10-year run as an NFL play-by-play announcer on ESPN’s Monday Night Football from 2006 to 2015.

Mike Tirico’s period at ESPN was not without controversy. Two books about the network, ESPN: The Uncensored History (2000) by former New York Times sportswriter Michael Freeman and 2011’s Those Guys Have All the Fun (by Washington Post writers James Andrew Miller and Tom Shales), recount allegations of sexual harassment.

Mike Tirico, for example, was suspended by the network for three months in 1992 for multiple incidents involving attempted groping, sexual solicitation, and stalking of female co-workers.

Mike Tirico appears not to have had a lot of contact with his parents Maria and Donald Tirico.

Mike Tirico has stated that he has seen pictures of his father and immediate family, all of whom are of Italian ancestry.

Mike Tirico said of his parents;

“The only contact I had growing up was with my mom’s side of the family. And they are all as white as the refrigerator I’m standing in front of right now.”