Veteran sportscaster Mike Tirico was a late scratch at the 2025 Kentucky Derby because of a nut allergy reaction.

NBC Sports anchor Ahmed Fareed was starting to feel like the Maytag repairman while serving as Mike Tirico's understudy at ...

Tirico, who has served on NBC Sports’ coverage of the famed “Run for the Roses” for many years, told followers on social ...

Fans who had tuned into NBC Sports’ coverage of the Kentucky Derby on Saturday, May 3, grew concerned for host Mike Tirico ...

NBC Sports' Mike Tirico says he "wasn't feeling well, couldn't go on with the show" on his exit Sunday from coverage of the ...

Tirico said his nose and throat "clogged up" and swelled. He added that the allergy can affect your breathing as well. Tirico ...

Broadcaster Mike Tirico stepped away from NBC's Kentucky Derby coverage Saturday, and his replacement pointed to illness as ...

NBC’s Mike Tirico opened up after he was forced to cut his coverage of the Kentucky Derby short over the weekend due to his ...

Mike Tirico stepped away from his role as NBC’s host for the Kentucky Derby for at least a portion of the coverage due to an ...

As NBC started up its pre-race coverage before the Kentucky Derby on Saturday, however, viewers noticed something was a ...

NBC's Mike Tirico abruptly left 2025 Kentucky Derby coverage after suffering an allergic reaction. Here's who filled in—and ...

NBC Sports play-by-play commentator Mike Tirico had to leave the network’s coverage of the 2025 Kentucky Derby because of an ...