{
  "id": 19002935,
  "title": "Mike Tirico to miss Bucs-Bears ‘Sunday Night Football’ due to health issue",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/08/mike-tirico-to-miss-bucs-bears-sunday-night-football-due-to-health",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-11-08T18:42:07.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "SB Nation",
    "slug": "sb-nation",
    "url": "https://www.sbnation.com/nfl/1135498/mike-tirico-sunday-night-football-health-issue"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Mike Tirico will be absent from the upcoming Bucs-Bears 'Sunday Night Football' matchup due to a health concern, as announced by NBC Sports on Sunday afternoon. Noah Eagle will assume Tirico's role as the play-by-play announcer, joined by Cris Collinsworth and Melissa Stark. This marks Tirico's first missed broadcast since he began the position in 2022, and it will also be the NFL primetime debut for Eagle, who has been calling NFL games since 2023 and previously covered the NFL's Christmas Day Special on Netflix. Eagle, the son of renowned broadcaster Ian Eagle, was able to travel from Indiana to Chicago for this game due to the geographical proximity of the Saturday night Notre Dame vs. Miami matchup. Our sympathies are with Mike Tirico, and we hope for a speedy recovery.",
  "summary": "There will be an announcer change for Sunday Night Football with NBC Sports announcing on Sunday afternoon that longstanding play-by-play announcer Mike Tirico will miss the game due to an undisclosed health issue. Noah Eagle will be calling the game in Tirico’s stead, sitting alongside Cris Collinsworth and Melissa Stark. It will be the first […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Yahoo Sports",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/08/do-the-pittsburgh-steelers-play-today-shop-steelers-vs-bengals-sunday",
        "published": "2026-11-08T14:03:17.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}