Talk:Mike Tirico

College Football
Have they made an announcement whether he was going to continue calling college football games. My guess is he would continue doing the Thursday night one, but not Saturday afternoon since its so close to Monday Night and it wouldn't allow him to concentrate

African-American?
Not according to an interview with Mike in the Syracuse newspaper back when he worked at WTVH. It's in the (paid) archives at www.syracuse.com if you want to look it up (May 30, 1991, Section Living, Page C1, excerpt:

It's not just broadcasters who admire Tirico.

Local African-American groups often invite him to speak during Black History Month and on other occasions, viewing Tirico as a prominent example of a successful black professional.

He doesn't mind speaking, Tirico tells them, but he also lets them know a fact of his life: He's not sure he's black.

"When people go around and say, 'You are black' - well, I don't encourage it, but by the same token I don't back off of it," he says.

"If you want to call me that, that's fine. But, you know, in my whole family, there's nobody I know who is black."

Raised in Queens

Michael Todd Tirico grew up in a middle-class Italian family in Queens, about a five-minute drive from Shea Stadium.

Tirico's parents, Donald and Maria, were separated when he was about 4, and he says he has since lost contact with his father's side of the family. Tirico is an only child.

Because of his dark skin and ethnic features, Tirico says, most people assume he is black.

But he's seen pictures of his father, his father's mother and his father's sister - all of whom are white, Tirico says.

"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," Tirico says, standing in his kitchen in the Clay townhouse where he lives.

Someday, he says, he plans to do genealogical research to find out if he has a black ancestor, but it's not something he considers a pressing issue.

Tirico concedes, though, that his uncertain ethnicity sometimes makes other uncomfortable. Even skeptical.

"I know the story sounds like a lot of bull, but it's the truth" he says. "Does it matter to me? Yeah, I'd like to find out the truth at some point, so I can answer questions for my kids. But me? I'm living, I'm working, I'm leading an upstanding life. I don't worry about it." )

homosexual comment
someone put a homosexual comment in his bio that needs to be removed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.91.172.36 (talk) 17:22, 1 October 2007 (UTC)

Sexual Harassment
I revised and edited this section because in the end the allegation was based on a single source (ESPN: The Uncensored History by Freeman) whose accuracy and objectivity have been brought into question. I think it is appropriate to note the allegation, but not to state it as fact. I also note that a google search brings up a number of citations of this alleged event, many citing wikipedia as the source, so wikipedia is currently being used to legitimate a claim that may or may not be valid. Gogh (talk) 19:53, 14 June 2008 (UTC)

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