Who is Mike Tirico and what is his net worth?
MICHAEL Todd Tirico is an American sportscaster working for NBC Sports since 2016. He is also known for his 10-year run as an NFL play-by-play announcer on ESPN's Monday Night Football. Tirico has called a multitude of sports in his career, including the NBA, NHL, college football and basketball, golf, tennis, and world cup soccer. Tirico left ESPN after 25 years with the network when his contract expired in the summer of 2016,  The sports announcer has a net worth of $6 million dollars according to Celebrity Net Worth. Born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Tirico graduated from Syracuse University. 3 Mike Tirico attends the 2019 Team USA Awards at Universal Studios Hollywood Credit: Getty  While at Syracuse, he began working for WTVH-TV, a CBS-affiliate based in Syracuse, New York. He rose to become their Sports Director, and was subsequently hired by ESPN to serves as an anchor for "SportsCenter", in 1991. He is most widely recognized for his Monday Night Football role as well as his announcing work for NBA games. Besides having a successful career as a sportscaster, he is also a caring husband and father of two with wife Debbie Tirico. The pair have been married since 1991. Debbie played basketball and was a tri-captain of the 1989 Syracuse University women's team. Born in Trenton, she also played softball in high school. 3 Mike Tirico at the NBCUniversal Summer TCA Press Tour at The Beverly Hilton Hotel Credit: Getty  She graduated with a BS magna cum laude in finance from Syracuse's School of Management. She has also earned an MBA from NYU's Stern School of Business. Reportedly, she now dedicates her time to local non-profit organizations. Debbie and her husband have reportedly lived in Ann Arbor since the nineties. They are parents to Jordan Tirico and Cammi Tirico. On July 14, 2021, it was announced that Tirico will replace Bob Costas as the new face of the summer Tokyo Olympics on NBC's primetime broadcast. "I was shocked by it. I didn't think Bob [Costas] was ready to move on from the role," Tirico told PEOPLE. Costas was the lead host for a total of 11 Olympic telecasts from 1988 to 2016 before the announcement. Tirico helped anchor the Rio Olympics as host of daytime programming and later hosted coverage of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. "The primetime role for the Winter Games  while perhaps not as big as the Summer Games because of the size of the competition, more athletes, more sports and all that  it was still a big deal for me. So I don't feel like this is my first in a lot of ways," the anchor continued. The moment comes full circle as Tirico who was the first student to receive the Bob Costas Scholarship at Syracuse University  Costas' alma mater  back in 1987 during Tirico's junior year.