Why Is She Leaving NBC? Michele Tafoya Retiring

Michele Tafoya’s NFL sideline reporting career will come to an end after NBC broadcasts Super Bowl LVI on Feb. 13, according to an NBC Sports press release published Tuesday.

According to Richard Deitsch of The Athletic, Tafoya’s sideline reporting career will have spanned 327 games (301 regular-season contests, 21 playoff matchups, and five Super Bowls).

 

Tafoya began her sports journalism career in 1993 and began working for NBC Sports and Sunday Night Football in 2011.

The 57-year-old has won multiple awards over her three-decade career in sports media, including four Sports Emmys for Outstanding Sports Personality (Sports Reporter).

Michele Tafoya Controversy Details:

Tafoya’s duties on SNF for NBC included working on the sports desk for the 2012 Summer Olympics. She continued to work in the swimming venues for the 2016 Rio Olympics and the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

 

 

Tafoya worked for ABC/ESPN for a decade before joining NBC, most notably as a Monday Night Football reporter. She also worked as a reporter for ESPN’s NFL studio broadcasts.

Al Michaels, the play-by-play announcer for Monday Night Football and Sunday Night Football on ABC and NBC, worked with Tafoya on several of those shows. He made these remarks after learning about Tafoya’s departure.

Michele Tafoya Career Details

Michele Tafoya, a sportscaster, is featured on Wikipedia’s official page.

In September 1994, Tafoya joined CBS Sports as a reporter and host for college basketball coverage on CBS Sports Spectacular and CBS Television Network.

 

In 1997, the American Women in Radio and Television gave Tafoya a Gracie Award for “Outstanding Achievement by an Individual On-Air TV Personality” for her play-by-play calling of WNBA games on Lifetime Television.

Meet Michele Tafoya On Twitter And Instagram

Michele Tafoya’s Twitter handle is @MicheleTafoyaTV, and she tweets regularly.

She started using Twitter in January 2012 and has so far sent out nine tweets.

Sportscaster currently has 1,674 followers and is following 329 people.

Her Instagram handle is @micheletafoyanbc, and she currently has 721 followers.