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Tony Dungy offers his theory on leaving NBC's Football Night
Dungy, a Hall of Fame coach, was told earlier this year he would not return to NBC's Sunday show after seventeen seasons; he now offers his own theory.
Watch it as it aired: Vera Bullock, Kenji Moonfield and Brock Thunderson on this story, from BBN This Morning at 7:10 AM ET. Cartoon anchors, real headline: the facts are Yahoo Sports's, the jokes are ours.

At a glance
- First reported by Yahoo Sports: “‘They don’t always appreciate you speaking about your faith’: Tony Dungy speaks out on NBC”.
- Covered on BBN on Thursday, October 15, 2026, at 7:10 AM ET on BBN This Morning, by Vera Bullock, Kenji Moonfield and Brock Thunderson.
- Topics: NBC.
- BBN covered this story before: Grammer Heads Back to NBC; Lanterns Waits on Writers (October 14).
The real story
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What BBN said about it

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorTony Dungy spent seventeen seasons on NBC's Football Night in America, and Yahoo Sports says he now claims the network was not happy with him speaking about his faith.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorKenji, you're up.

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentHot take: Sunday night is already a church. The sermon features a guy drawing on a screen with a finger. And the offering plate? That's a truck commercial.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorHot. The truck commercial got me.

Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistMy take is that a network letting a man go after seventeen years is the most predictable front in history.

Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistSeventeen years, Vera, and nobody checked the radar.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorNot. That's just a Yorkshireman complaining about a calendar.

Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistCold. Noted.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorStill ahead, we'll find out where the White House press secretary earned her bar credentials.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorMy final take: the thermometer should call every Sunday game, and it would be more honest than the studio panel.

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentKenji, that one might be our hottest yet.
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