OT: Ann Arbor's Mike Tirico Replacing Bob Costas as Olympics Host
I'm a Mike Tirico fan and an Olympics fan, so I'm happy about this. Tirico moves into the big chair starting with the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea.
http://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/18651978/bob-costas-being-repla…
February 9th, 2017 at 4:09 PM ^
February 9th, 2017 at 4:21 PM ^
but mostly for nostaglic reasons. As a guy who turns 50 this summer, I've come to realize the Olympic summer games and it's 4 year cycle are one of the ways you start marking your life by.. On the other had, as a guy turning 50, I now notice things like Bob Costa's cosmetic attempts to defy aging. It's a little disturbing yet I can't look away.
February 9th, 2017 at 4:25 PM ^
I can't stand Tirico. Guess I just won't watch any of the Olympics.
February 9th, 2017 at 7:30 PM ^
February 9th, 2017 at 7:55 PM ^
February 9th, 2017 at 4:44 PM ^
Costas was a very heady- high IQ kinda guy, deceptively quick with interjections. Was his father an announcer? Was probably always hanging around the studio as a kid.
February 9th, 2017 at 4:47 PM ^
No... that's just Costas overcompensating for being of less than masculine stature and not going to college.
February 10th, 2017 at 6:49 AM ^
February 9th, 2017 at 4:43 PM ^
Good riddance. Perhaps NBC can actually put the focus on sports now instead of 5 minutes of highlights and 55 minutes of vignettes sprinkled with Costas' politics sprinkled in. I like the entertainment of the Olympic sporting events. Emphasis on sporting -- not that miserable little troll's carrying on about what he thinks you should think.
February 9th, 2017 at 5:34 PM ^
February 9th, 2017 at 5:45 PM ^
Tirico is all right, but like most, becomes tiresome with over exposure.
February 9th, 2017 at 9:07 PM ^
February 10th, 2017 at 6:53 AM ^
February 10th, 2017 at 12:41 AM ^
February 10th, 2017 at 9:00 AM ^
Love Tirico, he will be great. But why all the vitriol for Costas? He replaced a legend in McKay for olympic coverage and stood the test of time. I get that he plays up the emotion of events (particularly covering his passion, baseball), but provides good analysis of a broad range of sports. Even if he isn't your favorite sportscaster, I don't get the level of hate he is receiving here.
February 10th, 2017 at 9:27 AM ^
You suck more than a Thai hooker.
February 10th, 2017 at 10:02 AM ^
Have always like Tirico. Costoc always seemed to full of himself and veered away from what he was supposed to be doing an awful lot. I could get that crap on CNN.