NBC Sports host Ahmed Fareed, on filling in for an ailing Mike Tirico on the Kentucky Derby broadcast

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch

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News, Business News, Sports, Sports News

4.3 • 721 Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Episode 504 of the Sports Media Podcast features NBC Sports hostAhmed Fareed, who served as the main host for the Kentucky Derby coverage after Mike Tirico had an allergic reaction. Fareed has hostedthe Olympics, Paralympic Games, Premier League, Big Ten Football and Basketball, and other sports for NBC. In this podcast, Fareed discusseshow he was informed that he had to replace Tirico; what a sports broadcaster has to do in an emergency situation such as the one he faced; the value of over-research; how his bosses reacted to his performance; his interest in NBC's NBA coverage; Tirico contacting him afterward and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and more. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:21.1	From Ladbrooks. Welcome to the sports media podcast.
0:43.9	I'm your host, Richard Dodge.
0:44.7	My producer is Patrick Antonetti.
0:47.3	One guest this week, but right on the news.
0:50.4	If you watch the Kentucky Derby, you saw Ahmed Fareed fill in for Mike Tarika on the main broadcast of the Kentucky Derby when Mike Tariko came down with a nut allergy.
1:04.5	This is not an easy thing to do when you have one role and then have to transfer into another role particularly for a major
1:12.7	event like the kentucky derby which is seen by you know or was seen by in this case 17 million
1:19.1	people um you have probably seen if you follow nbc sports um ed Ahmed do things like the Olympics,
1:28.2	Paralympic Games,
1:29.0	Premier League,
1:29.9	Big Ten football,
1:30.9	basketball.
1:32.2	But this was,
1:34.3	you know,
1:34.9	a pretty interesting bit of sports broadcasting
1:39.3	to have one role as a host and a reporter.
1:43.1	And then to come in as the main host in the middle of the show.
1:48.0	And with that, I bring in Ahmed Fried. Welcome to the sports media podcast.
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