{"id":2096,"section":"sports","section_label":"Sports","url":"https://www.brokenews.co/sports/2096","headline":"Noah Eagle subs for Mike Tirico on Sunday Night Football","dek":"Tirico is skipping the Bucs-Bears broadcast due to an undisclosed health issue, pushing back what would have been his 300th NFL game.","body":"Mike Tirico will not call Sunday night's game between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Chicago Bears, with NBC Sports announcing the change on Sunday afternoon due to an undisclosed health issue. Noah Eagle, NBC's lead voice for college football, steps in to call the game alongside Cris Collinsworth and Melissa Stark.\n\nEagle had just called the biggest college matchup of the week, involving Miami, the night before picking up this assignment. The switch also means Tirico's 300th NFL game gets delayed by a week rather than happening on schedule.\n\nTirico addressed his absence directly. \"Unfortunately, I will have to miss tonight's game in Chicago due to a health issue,\" he said in a statement. He added that he looks forward to watching the broadcast and expects to return to the booth with Collinsworth, Stark and the rest of the Sunday Night Football crew for next Sunday's game in Cincinnati.\n\nNo further details on the nature of the health issue were disclosed by NBC Sports or Tirico. The network's plan has Tirico back in his regular seat for the following week's matchup.","published_at":"2026-11-08T23:05:35.392577+00:00","source_count":6,"written_from":[{"outlet":"Awful Announcing","publisher":"Awful Announcing","title":"Noah Eagle to fill in for Mike Tirico on ‘Sunday Night Football’ due to undisclosed health issue","url":"https://awfulannouncing.com/nbc/noah-eagle-replace-mike-tirico-sunday-night-football.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Noah Eagle to fill in for Mike Tirico on ‘Sunday Night Football’ due to undisclosed health issue","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/noah-eagle-fill-mike-tirico-185011116.html"},{"outlet":"Pro Football Talk","publisher":"NBC Sports","title":"Mike Tirico will miss Sunday night's Bucs-Bears game due to a \"health issue\"","url":"https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/mike-tirico-will-miss-sunday-nights-bucs-bears-game-due-to-a-health-issue"},{"outlet":"SB Nation","publisher":"SB Nation","title":"Mike Tirico to miss Bucs-Bears ‘Sunday Night Football’ due to health issue","url":"https://www.sbnation.com/nfl/1135498/mike-tirico-sunday-night-football-health-issue"}],"more_coverage":[{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Mike Tirico to miss Bucs-Bears call due to health issue","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/mike-tirico-miss-bucs-bears-183705271.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"NBC's Mike Tirico to miss Week 9's Buccaneers-Bears 'Sunday Night Football' broadcast 'due to a health issue'","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/article/nbcs-mike-tirico-to-miss-week-9s-buccaneers-bears-sunday-night-football-broadcast-due-to-a-health-issue-183422927.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Mike Tirico to miss Bucs-Bears ‘Sunday Night Football’ due to health issue","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/mike-tirico-miss-bucs-bears-184207191.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Mike Tirico will miss Sunday night's Bucs-Bears game due to a "health issue"","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/mike-tirico-miss-sunday-nights-184336636.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Mike Tirico will miss NBC's Sunday night game in Chicago because of health issue","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/mike-tirico-miss-nbcs-sunday-190159684.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Where is Mike Tirico? 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