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NBC's Mike Tirico 'lucky' to have called end of Cincinnati Bengals' playoff win drought

Mike Tirico, in his first season as lead voice of NBC's "Sunday Night Football" alongside former Cincinnati Bengals great Cris Collinsworth, has been the primetime host of the Olympics in Tokyo and Beijing and hosted numerous golf and racing championships in addition to Super Bowl 56 between the Bengals and Los Angeles Rams - all since July of last year.

Cincinnati's AFC North showdown with the Ravens in Baltimore on Sunday night will be Tirico's 12th play-by-play call of a Bengals game in the past 17 NFL seasons. In an exclusive Q&A with The Enquirer, Tirico talked about working with Collinsworth, why the Wild Card Playoff win against the Las Vegas Raiders was the most memorable Bengals game he's called, and his long-time friendship with Bengals radio play-by-play announcer Dan Hoard.